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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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