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..-†%§§£## 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 ##£§§%†-..
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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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