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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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