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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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