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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. .:~††£&##@
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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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