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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 ##....#..#
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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 .#.....#.#
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