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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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