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...###.... TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY ....#..#..
...#.##... HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS #....#..#.
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#....#.##. 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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..###..#.# 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. .###....#.
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