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...~=;%*§@                                          @§*%;=~...
....~=;%*§                  rails                   §*%;=~....
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.......~=; §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ;=~.......
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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.            ~.........
........~=                                          =~........
.......~=; 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.                  @§*%;=~...
..~=;%*§@#                                          #@§*%;=~..
.~=;%*§@## 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.          %;=~......
.......~=;                                          ;=~.......
........~= 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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