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.......*%§ 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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..=*%%*§§§ 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. ##£§*%*=..
..=*%*£### 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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