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@$$*/,,,,,                                          ,,,,,/*$$@
#@@&$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$&@@#
#&$/,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,/$&#
###&$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$&###
##@&$*/~,,                  RAILS                   ,,~/*$&@##
###&$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$&###
###@&$*~,,                                          ,,~*$&@###
#@@&$*/~,, &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ,,~/*$&@@#
##@&$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$&@##
###@&$*~,, &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ,,~*$&@###
@$*/~~~,,,                                          ,,,~~~/*$@
#@@&$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$&@@#
##@&$*/~,, TRAINS  ARE  SO  CONSTRUCTED  THAT  THEY ,,~/*$&@##
#&*~,,,,,, 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.                  ,,,,,~*&@#
&$*~,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,~*$&
@@&&$*/~,, TRAINS  GO BY  DAY  AND  BY NIGHT. ALONG ,,~/*$&&@@
&&**/~,,,,      THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION       ,,,,~/**&&
##@&$*/~,, SCATTERED,  OFTEN PUT  ON  TOP OF POLES, ,,~/*$&@##
&$*//~,,,, TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE  TRAIN DRIVERS. ,,,,~//*$&
##@&$*/~,, DIFFERENT  PARTS  OF  THE  RAILWAY  HAVE ,,~/*$&@##
##@&$*/~,,          DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS.         ,,~/*$&@##
@&*~,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,~*&@
###@$*/~,, SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO  STOP AND WAIT ,,~/*$@###
##@&$*/~,, FOR SOMETHING  TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS ,,~/*$&@##
##@&$*/~,, IS  SIGNALED  BY RED  OR  GREEN  LIGHTS. ,,~/*$&@##
##@&$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$&@##
##@&$*/~,,                 &&&&&&&&                 ,,~/*$&@##
&&$***/~,,                                          ,,~/***$&&
##@&$*/~,, MANY PEOPLE  FOLLOW THE  RAILS BY  FOOT. ,,~/*$&@##
##@&$*/~,, OFTEN  THIS PROVES  TO  BE  THE  SHORTER ,,~/*$&@##
##@&$*/~,, PATH  BETWEEN TWO  POINTS.  HOWEVER THIS ,,~/*$&@##
@@@&$*/~,, IS  FROWNED  UPON,  AND  VERY   IMPOLITE ,,~/*$&@@@
##@&$*/~,,        TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS!         ,,~/*$&@##
##@&$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$&@##
#&&&$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$&&&#
##@&$*/~,,                                          ,,~/*$&@##
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