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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 ##########
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