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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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