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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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