.--†%*§#@#                                          #@#§*%†--.
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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. ###§*%†--.
.....--†%§                                          §%†--.....
..---†%%§§ 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.         @@#§*%†--.
.....-†*§#                                          #§*†-.....
.--†%*§### sometimes, trains have to stop  and wait ###§*%†--.
.--†%*§#@# for  something to happen, far away. this #@#§*%†--.
.--†%*§#@# is signaled  by  red  or  green  lights. #@#§*%†--.
.--†%§#@##                                          ##@#§%†--.
......--%§                 §§§§§§§§                 §%--......
.....--†*§                                          §*†--.....
.--†%*§§§# 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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