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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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##¤===†=:. 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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#$===:.... TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG ....:===$#
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##¤$==.... SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, ....==$¤##
#$††:..... TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. .....:††$#
#¤¤==..... 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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