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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 §*~-,,,,,,
,-~::*$$§§ artificial chasms. §§$$*::~-,
,-~:*$§### ###§$*:~-,
,-~:*$§§## there will be trees on the side of the ##§§$*:~-,
,-~:*$§### rails, but not too close, or they will ###§$*:~-,
,,,,-:$$$# be cut down by the railway janitors. #$$$:-,,,,
,-~~~*$$$§ there will be plains, and bodies of §$$$*~~~-,
,-~:*$§### water. ###§$*:~-,
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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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