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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 @@@§§§=«:.
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.:«=§%@### TRAINS GO  BY  DAY AND  BY  NIGHT. ALONG ###@%§=«:.
.:«=§%@###      THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION       ###@%§=«:.
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...:«===%# TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE  TRAIN DRIVERS. #%===«:...
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...:::=§@#         DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS.          #@§=:::...
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...:=§§%%# SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO  STOP AND WAIT #%%§§=:...
.:«=§%@@## FOR SOMETHING TO  HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS ##@@%§=«:.
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.:«=§%@### MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW  THE RAILS  BY  FOOT. ###@%§=«:.
.:«=§%@### OFTEN  THIS PROVES  TO  BE  THE  SHORTER ###@%§=«:.
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