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.~«:*%§#@#                  RAILS                   #@#§%*:«~.
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...~::*%%§ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ §%%*::~...
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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.            @@#§%*:«~.
.~«:****§§                                          §§****:«~.
.~«:***%§@ 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.          §§*::«....
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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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