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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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