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.#........ TRAINS  ARE  SO  CONSTRUCTED  THAT  THEY .##.#.#.#.
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.#......## 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 .#.#.##..#
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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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#.##...##. 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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.####...#. 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 ....###...
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