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