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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 .--:%%%@@#
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@%::--.... THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE ....--::%@
##¶@$%:--. SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED .--:%$@¶##
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##¶@$%:--. ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. .--:%$@¶##
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##¶@$%:--. RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL .--:%$@¶##
#¶$%::-... BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. ...-::%$¶#
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##¶@$%:--. SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, .--:%$@¶##
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#¶$%%:-... DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE ...-:%%$¶#
##¶@$%:--. DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. .--:%$@¶##
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###@$%:--. SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT .--:%$@###
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