.^~^*$¤### ###¤$*^~^.
.....~**¤# #¤**~.....
.^~^^*$¤@@ @@¤$*^^~^.
......^^*¤ ¤*^^......
..^~^^^$@@ @@$^^^~^..
......~*$@ RAILS @$*~......
.^~^*$@### ###@$*^~^.
.^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^.
.^~^*$¤### ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ###¤$*^~^.
....^~*¤¤¤ ¤¤¤*~^....
...~~~**$¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤$**~~~...
.^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^.
.^~^*$¤@@@ @@@¤$*^~^.
.^~^*$¤@## TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY ##@¤$*^~^.
.^~^****¤@ 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 ¤*~.......
.^~~^*$¤@@ TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! @@¤$*^~~^.
.^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^.
.....^^~*¤ ¤*~^^.....
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