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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 /~^.......
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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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