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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 *~^.......
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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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