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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 ##..##....
.....##... TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! #......##.
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