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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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