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#¶££%*=... SLOPED.  THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ...=*%££¶#
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.......... BE  CUT  DOWN BY  THE RAILWAY  JANITORS. ..........
=......... THERE  WILL  BE  PLAINS,  AND  BODIES OF .........=
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#¶££%*=...         DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS.          ...=*%££¶#
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££%*=..... SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP  AND WAIT .....=*%££
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=......... MANY  PEOPLE  FOLLOW  THE RAILS BY FOOT. .........=
*=........ OFTEN THIS  PROVES  TO  BE  THE  SHORTER ........=*
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