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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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