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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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