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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. @@#§~~^^^,
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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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