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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨^^*#
#@$$**^=^¨ BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. ¨^=^**$$@#
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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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