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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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