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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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