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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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