@§@%=~.... ....~=%@§@
@§§§@%*=~. .~=*%@§§§@
§%*===.... ....===*%§
@#@*~~~... ...~~~*@#@
#§@%%=.... ....=%%@§#
@#§@@%*=~. 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! ....~~*@§§
§@%%***=~. .~=***%%@§
§%%===.... ....===%%§
#@#§@%*=~. .~=*%@§#@#
#@#§@%*=~. .~=*%@§#@#
#@#§@%*=~. .~=*%@§#@#
#§%**~~~.. ..~~~**%§#