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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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