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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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