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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 ##**//~~,¨
¨,~/$*§#@@ wheels of the train and the rail  metal, @@#§*$/~,¨
¨,~/$*§### there are limits for  how  acute a curve ###§*$/~,¨
¨,~/$*#@## can  be, and even more  so for how  much ##@#*$/~,¨
¨,~/$*§### the  ground  under  the  rails  can   be ###§*$/~,¨
¨¨¨¨,~$*## sloped. thus a railway is often  not led ##*$~,¨¨¨¨
¨,~/$*§#@# on top of hills,  rather through them in #@#§*$/~,¨
¨,~/$*§#@# tunnels   (if   they  are   large),   or #@#§*$/~,¨
¨,~/$*§#@#            artificial chasms.            #@#§*$/~,¨
¨,~/$*§#@#                                          #@#§*$/~,¨
¨,~/$*§#@# there will  be trees on the  side of the #@#§*$/~,¨
¨,~/$*§#@# rails, but not  too close, or they  will #@#§*$/~,¨
¨,~/$*§§## be  cut down  by  the railway  janitors. ##§§*$/~,¨
¨¨,~///$§§ there  will  be  plains,  and bodies  of §§$///~,¨¨
¨,~/$*§#@#                  water.                  #@#§*$/~,¨
¨,~/$*§###                                          ###§*$/~,¨
¨,~/$***## trains  go  by day and by  night.  along ##***$/~,¨
¨,~/$*§§#@      the way, there is information       @#§§*$/~,¨
¨,~/$*§#@# scattered, often put on  top  of  poles, #@#§*$/~,¨
¨¨¨¨~~/*## 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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