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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. @#$$-.,,,,
,.-^$*#@## ##@#*$^-.,
,.-^$*##@# there will be trees on the side of the #@##*$^-.,
,.-^$*#@## rails, but not too close, or they will ##@#*$^-.,
,,,,..-^*# be cut down by the railway janitors. #*^-..,,,,
,.--^^$*## there will be plains, and bodies of ##*$^^--.,
,,..^^$*#@ water. @#*$^^..,,
,,,,,.-$#@ @#$-.,,,,,
,.-^$*##@# trains go by day and by night. along #@##*$^-.,
,.-^$*#@## the way, there is information ##@#*$^-.,
,.----^^$# scattered, often put on top of poles, #$^^----.,
,,,,--^^$# to be interpreted by the train drivers. #$^^--,,,,
,.-^$*#@## different parts of the railway have ##@#*$^-.,
,.-^$*#@## different speed limits. ##@#*$^-.,
,.-^$*#### ####*$^-.,
,.-^$*#### sometimes, trains have to stop and wait ####*$^-.,
,,,,,--$*# for something to happen, far away. this #*$--,,,,,
,,,,.-^*@@ is signaled by red or green lights. @@*^-.,,,,
,.-^$*#@## ##@#*$^-.,
,......^*@ ######## @*^......,
,.-^$*#@@# #@@#*$^-.,
,.-^$*#@## many people follow the rails by foot. ##@#*$^-.,
,.-^$*#@## often this proves to be the shorter ##@#*$^-.,
,.-^$***## path between two points. however this ##***$^-.,
,.-^$*#@@# is frowned upon, and very impolite #@@#*$^-.,
,.-^$*#@## toward the train drivers! ##@#*$^-.,
,.-^$*#@## ##@#*$^-.,
,.-^$$$$## ##$$$$^-.,
,.-^$*#### ####*$^-.,
,.-^$*#### ####*$^-.,
,,,....^$# #$^....,,,
,,,--^$#@@ @@#$^--,,,