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@@§§§†\--¨                   rails                  ¨--\†§§§@@
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##@§§†\--¨ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ¨--\†§§@##
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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.         ¨¨¨¨¨-\†§#
#§§§§†\--¨                                          ¨--\†§§§§#
§§††\----¨ 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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###@§†\--¨                 §§§§§§§§                 ¨--\†§@###
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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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