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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 ##¶@$$\=~.
..~=\$$@¶# OF TWO METAL  RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. #¶@$$\=~..
...~=\$$@¶                                          ¶@$$\=~...
....~=\$$@ BECAUSE  THE LOW  FRICTION  BETWEEN  THE @$$\=~....
.....~=\$$ 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       $$\=~.....
......~=\$ SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT  ON  TOP  OF POLES, $\=~......
.......~=\ TO BE  INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. \=~.......
........~= DIFFERENT  PARTS  OF  THE  RAILWAY  HAVE =~........
.........~          DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS.         ~.........
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.......~=\ SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND  WAIT \=~.......
......~=\$ FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN,  FAR AWAY. THIS $\=~......
.....~=\$$ IS SIGNALED  BY  RED  OR  GREEN  LIGHTS. $$\=~.....
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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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