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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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...###.... 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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..###....# RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL .##....##.
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#..####..# 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 ..##..####
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########.. OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER ####..##..
.######..# PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS .##.......
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