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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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