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##&§=~,... RAILS ...,~=§&##
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#&§§=**~,. TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY .,~**=§§&#
&=~,...... HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS ......,~=&
&&=*~~.... CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED ....~~*=&&
###&§=*~,. OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. .,~*=§&###
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###&§=*~,. BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE .,~*=§&###
##§=~..... WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, .....~=§##
&&&&§=*~,. THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE .,~*=§&&&&
###&§=*~,. CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH .,~*=§&###
###&§=*~,. THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE .,~*=§&###
###&§=*~,. SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED .,~*=§&###
#§**~,.... ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ....,~**§#
##&&§=*~,. TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR .,~*=§&&##
####&=*~,. ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. .,~*=&####
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#&=~,..... THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE .....,~=&#
#&=*,..... RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL .....,*=&#
##&=~..... BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .....~=&##
##§===*~,. THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF .,~*===§##
#&&§=*,... WATER. ...,*=§&&#
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&§§=~~~,.. TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG ..,~~~=§§&
####&§=*~, THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ,~*=§&####
###&§=*~,. SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, .,~*=§&###
&===*~~~,. TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. .,~~~*===&
&§§**,,... DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE ...,,**§§&
&§§*,..... DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. .....,*§§&
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##§=~..... SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT .....~=§##
###&§=*~,. FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .,~*=§&###
&===*~,... IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. ...,~*===&
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#§§=**,... MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. ...,**=§§#
#&=~,,.... OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER ....,,~=&#
###&§=*~,. PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS .,~*=§&###
###&§=*~,. IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE .,~*=§&###
###&§=*~,. TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! .,~*=§&###
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