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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. #¶##§%/~:.
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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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