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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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