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...^«**%@# @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ #@%**«^...
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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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