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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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