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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 ..........
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