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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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