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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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......-†$£ there  will be trees on the side of  the £$†-......
..-†=$§£## rails, but not too  close,  or they will ##£§$=†-..
..-†=$§£## be cut down  by  the  railway  janitors. ##£§$=†-..
..-†=$§£## there  will  be plains,  and  bodies  of ##£§$=†-..
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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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