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.^~\†%§###                   RAILS                  ###§%†\~^.
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.^~\†%§### §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ###§%†\~^.
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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.            #§%%%†\~^.
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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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.....^\†%#                 §§§§§§§§                 #%†\^.....
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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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