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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.            ..:~^=@#£@
£#@=^~:...                                          ...:~^=@#£
#@=^~:.... 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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