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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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