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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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