....---^*§ §*^---....
.-~^^^&&@# #@&&^^^~-.
.-~^*&&&&§ §&&&&*^~-.
.~^*&§@### ###@§&*^~.
....~~**§@ @§**~~....
.-~^*&§### RAILS ###§&*^~-.
.---~^*&§@ @§&*^~---.
....-^&&@@ @@&&^-....
.-~~~^**§@ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ @§**^~~~-.
.-~^*&§@## ##@§&*^~-.
.-~^*&@### §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ###@&*^~-.
.-~^*&§@## ##@§&*^~-.
...--^*§§§ §§§*^--...
.-~^*§@### 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. ###@§&^~-.
......-^*§ §*^-......
.....-~**§ 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. ###@§*^~-.
....~~^*&§ §&*^~~....
.-~^*§@### 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. ##@§&*^~-.
.-~^*&§§§§ §§§§&*^~-.
.-~^*&§§§@ 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. ##@§&*^~-.
.-~^*&§@## ##@§&*^~-.
.-~^*&§@@# SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT #@@§&*^~-.
.-~^*&§§§§ FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS §§§§&*^~-.
.....-~*&@ IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. @&*~-.....
.-~^*&§@## ##@§&*^~-.
.-~^*&§@## §§§§§§§§ ##@§&*^~-.
.-~^*&§@## ##@§&*^~-.
.-~^*&§@## 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! @§§§&*^~-.
.-~^*&§@## ##@§&*^~-.
.-~^*&§§§# #§§§&*^~-.
...--~*&@# #@&*~--...
.-~^*&§@## ##@§&*^~-.
.-~^&§@### ###@§&^~-.
.-~^*&@### ###@&*^~-.