.:~:§§&&&£                                          £&&&§§:~:.
.:~:§&&£##                                          ##£&&§:~:.
.:~:§§&&££                                          ££&&§§:~:.
.....:~§&#                                          #&§~:.....
...~::§§&&                                          &&§§::~...
....::::&&                  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!         ##£&&§:~:.
....:::§&&                                          &&§:::....
.:~:§&&£##                                          ##£&&§:~:.
.....~:§&£                                          £&§:~.....
......~§&#                                          #&§~......
.:~:§&&&&£                                          £&&&&§:~:.
.....::&&£                                          £&&::.....