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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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