.....~=$@@ @@$=~.....
.~====*$$@ @$$*====~.
.~==*$&@@# #@@&$*==~.
.....==*$& &$*==.....
.....=*&@@ @@&*=.....
.~==*$&&&@ RAILS @&&&$*==~.
...====**& &**====...
.~==*$&@@# #@@&$*==~.
...~==***& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &***==~...
.~==*$&@@@ @@@&$*==~.
......==$& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &$==......
..~~~=*$@@ @@$*=~~~..
.~==*$&@@# #@@&$*==~.
.~==****&@ 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 @@$$$*==~.
....~=*$&@ TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! @&$*=~....
.~==*$$&&@ @&&$$*==~.
.~==*$&@@# #@@&$*==~.
.~==*$&@@@ @@@&$*==~.
....==*$@@ @@$*==....
.~=*$&@@## ##@@&$*=~.
.~==*$&&&@ @&&&$*==~.