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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 ¨¨¨¨»:##
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##@#&*:».¨ 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 ¨.»:*&@###
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨.:&
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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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