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#£#^*=,...                   RAILS                  ...,=*^#£#
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##£#^*=,.. ######################################## ..,=*^#£##
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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.            ..,=*^#£##
#£#^*=,...                                          ...,=*^#£#
£#^*=,.... 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.          .....,=*^#
£#^*=,....                                          ....,=*^#£
#£#^*=,... 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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