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