......-**@ @**-......
.....--/*@ @*/--.....
.--/*&@@## ##@@&*/--.
.---///&@@ @@&///---.
....--*&&@ @&&*--....
.--/*&@@## 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! @@@@&*/--.
.--/*&@@## ##@@&*/--.
.----/&@@# #@@&/----.
.....-//&@ @&//-.....
.--/*&@@@@ @@@@&*/--.
.-----/&@@ @@&/-----.
.--/*&@@## ##@@&*/--.