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##@@$^:-,. trains are so constructed that they .,-:^$@@##
##@@$^:-,. have to follow a set path. this path is .,-:^$@@##
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@^----.... 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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#@@@$^:-,. many people follow the rails by foot. .,-:^$@@@#
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##@@$^:-,. path between two points. however this .,-:^$@@##
@$:,...... is frowned upon, and very impolite ......,:$@
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