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##£@$†^~.. HAVE TO FOLLOW A  SET PATH. THIS PATH IS ..~^†$@£##
@@@$^~~... CALLED A  "RAILWAY", WHICH  IS COMPRISED ...~~^$@@@
###@$†^~.. OF  TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. ..~^†$@###
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##£@$†^~.. BECAUSE THE  LOW  FRICTION  BETWEEN  THE ..~^†$@£##
#££@$†^~.. WHEELS OF  THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, ..~^†$@££#
@$††^~~... THERE  ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A  CURVE ...~~^††$@
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##£@$†^~.. SLOPED. THUS A  RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ..~^†$@£##
£@@@$†^~.. ON TOP OF  HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ..~^†$@@@£
##£@$†^~.. TUNNELS   (IF   THEY   ARE   LARGE),  OR ..~^†$@£##
#@†~......            ARTIFICIAL CHASMS.            ......~†@#
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##£@$†^~.. THERE WILL BE TREES  ON THE SIDE  OF THE ..~^†$@£##
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##£@$†^~.. BE  CUT  DOWN BY THE  RAILWAY  JANITORS. ..~^†$@£##
##£@$†^~.. THERE  WILL  BE  PLAINS, AND  BODIES  OF ..~^†$@£##
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###£$†^~.. TO BE  INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. ..~^†$£###
###£@†^~.. 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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