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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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