,,,--^**#@ @#**^--,,,
,,,,--^**# #**^--,,,,
,,,--^**#@ @#**^--,,,
,,--^**#@# #@#**^--,,
,--^**#@## ##@#**^--,
,,--^**#@# 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! #@#**^--,,
,--^**#@## ##@#**^--,
,,--^**#@# #@#**^--,,
,,,--^**#@ @#**^--,,,
,,,,--^**# #**^--,,,,
,,,--^**#@ @#**^--,,,
,,--^**#@# #@#**^--,,