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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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