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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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