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,,,,~::££@                   rails                  @££::~,,,,
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,,~:^£§@## §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ##@§£^:~,,
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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.            @§£::~,,,,
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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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