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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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