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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 ¤^~~~::...
.:~†^$¤### ON TOP OF  HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ###¤$^†~:.
.:~†^$$$¤# TUNNELS   (IF   THEY  ARE   LARGE),   OR #¤$$$^†~:.
.:~^$¤@###            ARTIFICIAL CHASMS.            ###@¤$^~:.
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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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