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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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..=*^%@£## 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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