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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. $%*-^.....
....^-*%$§                                          §$%*-^....
...^-*%$§# 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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