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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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