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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 ##@§£**~,.
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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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