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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 ..........
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###..##..# 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 ......##..
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##.......# MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. .##....###
#..#####.. OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER ....##..##
....###... PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS .##......#
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.........# TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! ###..##..#
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