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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 ...##..##.
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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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