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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 #######..#
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#######... 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 ......##..
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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 ###......#
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##....###. SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ####....##
#..##..#.. FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .##..##..#
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########## OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER ##########
########## PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS ##########
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