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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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