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=,........                   rails                  ........,=
†=,.......                                          .......,=†
*†=,......                                          ......,=†*
#*†=,..... ######################################## .....,=†*#
##*†=,....                                          ....,=†*##
###*†=,... ######################################## ...,=†*###
####*†=,..                                          ..,=†*####
#####*†=,.                                          .,=†*#####
####*†=,.. 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. ..........
,.........                                          .........,
=,........                 ########                 ........,=
†=,.......                                          .......,=†
*†=,...... 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!         ..,=†*####
#####*†=,.                                          .,=†*#####
####*†=,..                                          ..,=†*####
###*†=,...                                          ...,=†*###
##*†=,....                                          ....,=†*##
#*†=,.....                                          .....,=†*#
*†=,......                                          ......,=†*