#......... .........#
..######## ########..
#..####### #######..#
....###### ######....
###..##### #####..###
##....#### 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! ..####....
.##....### #..##..##.
....##..## ..........
###......# .#########
##..####.. ..########
#....##... ...#######
..##....## ##..######