#@¶&&^/~~¨ ¨~~/^&&¶@# #@¶&&^/~~¨ ¨~~/^&&¶@# #@¶&&^/~~¨ ¨~~/^&&¶@# ¶&&^^/~~~¨ ¨~~~/^^&&¶ ¶&^^/~~~~¨ ¨~~~~/^^&¶ #@¶&&^/~~¨ 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! ¨~~/^&&¶@# @@¶&&^/~~¨ ¨~~/^&&¶@@ &^///~~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~~///^& &&&&^//~~¨ ¨~~//^&&&& &&&&&^/~~¨ ¨~~/^&&&&& #@¶&&^/~~¨ ¨~~/^&&¶@# ¶&&&^~~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~~^&&&¶