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.,«\*¤§@##                  rails                   ##@§¤*\«,.
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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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