###¤%*^~~. .~~^*%¤###
##¤%*^~~.. ..~~^*%¤##
###¤%*^~~. .~~^*%¤###
##¤%*^~~.. ..~~^*%¤##
###¤%*^~~. .~~^*%¤###
##¤%*^~~.. 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! ..~~^*%¤##
###¤%*^~~. .~~^*%¤###
##¤%*^~~.. ..~~^*%¤##
###¤%*^~~. .~~^*%¤###
##¤%*^~~.. ..~~^*%¤##
###¤%*^~~. .~~^*%¤###
##¤%*^~~.. ..~~^*%¤##