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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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