..~^=£§@##                                          ##@§£=^~..
..~^=£§@##                                          ##@§£=^~..
.....^==£@                                          @£==^.....
...~~~^£§§                                          §§£^~~~...
.....^^£@#                                          #@£^^.....
....~^=£§#                   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!        #@£^......
.....~~^£§                                          §£^~~.....
..~^=£§@##                                          ##@§£=^~..
...~~=£§§#                                          #§§£=~~...
..~^=£§@##                                          ##@§£=^~..
.......~=§                                          §=~.......
....^==§§§                                          §§§==^....