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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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