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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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#¶@@$*/~,. THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE .,~/*$@@¶#
¶¶$$*~.... RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ....~*$$¶¶
##¶@$*/~,. BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .,~/*$@¶##
##¶@$*/~,. THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF .,~/*$@¶##
###@$*/~,. WATER. .,~/*$@###
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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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@$//~~,... SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ...,~~//$@
¶¶¶@$*/~,. FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .,~/*$@¶¶¶
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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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