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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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@@@@§$/~:, WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, ,:~/$§@@@@
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#@@@§$/~:, CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH ,:~/$§@@@#
@$~~~,,,,, THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE ,,,,,~~~$@
@$$~,,,,,, SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ,,,,,,~$$@
#@@@§$/~:, ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ,:~/$§@@@#
@@§/~:,,,, 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 ,,,,:/§@@@
#@@@§$/~:, BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. ,:~/$§@@@#
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#@@@§$/~:, THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ,:~/$§@@@#
@@@@§$/~:, SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, ,:~/$§@@@@
@§$//:,,,, TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. ,,,,://$§@
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@§§/~:,,,, SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ,,,,:~/§§@
@@@$$~~~:, FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS ,:~~~$$@@@
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##@@§$/~:, OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER ,:~/$§@@##
##@@@§$~:, PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS ,:~$§@@@##
#@@@§$/~:, IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE ,:~/$§@@@#
##@@§$/~:, TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! ,:~/$§@@##
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