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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 ,,,^\**@@@
##@@$*\~^, RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ,^~\*$@@##
@$**\~,,,, BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. ,,,,~\**$@
@$$$$*\~^, THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF ,^~\*$$$$@
##@@$*\~^, WATER. ,^~\*$@@##
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##@@$*\~^, TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG ,^~\*$@@##
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@$$*~~~^^, 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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