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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~ HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS ~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~\ CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED \~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-~\% OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. %\~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~\%$ $%\~-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-~\%$# 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 $%\~-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-~\% ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. %\~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~\ \~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~ THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE ~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨- RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL -¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WATER. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨- DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. -¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~\ SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT \~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-~\% FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS %\~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~\%$ 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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