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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 ###@#%:~^.
.^~:%$#### CAN BE,  AND  EVEN MORE SO  FOR HOW MUCH ####$%:~^.
.^~:%$#@@# THE  GROUND  UNDER  THE  RAILS  CAN   BE #@@#$%:~^.
.^~:%$#@## SLOPED. THUS  A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ##@#$%:~^.
.^~:%$#@## ON TOP  OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ##@#$%:~^.
.^~:%$###@ TUNNELS   (IF   THEY   ARE  LARGE),   OR @###$%:~^.
....^^:$$#            ARTIFICIAL CHASMS.            #$$:^^....
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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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