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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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.~«««*££## 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 #£\«~.....
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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 #***«««~~.
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.~«\*£#### 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 ##£\\\~...
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..~~««*£## MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW  THE  RAILS  BY FOOT. ##£*««~~..
.~«\*££££# OFTEN  THIS  PROVES  TO  BE  THE SHORTER #££££*\«~.
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