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