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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. .#..#.##..
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..#.....#. 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 .##......#
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...#..#.## 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 .##......#
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