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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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