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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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