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###¤§^=«~.                   rails                  .~«=^§¤###
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#¤§^=«~...                                          ...~«=^§¤#
¤§^=«~.... ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ....~«=^§¤
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^=«~...... ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ......~«=^
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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. ..........
~.........                                          .........~
«~........ 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.                  ........~«
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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.         .......~«=
^=«~......                                          ......~«=^
§^=«~..... 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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