.-=^*&¤@## ##@¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&¤@## ##@¤&*^=-.
....-=*¤@# #@¤*=-....
.-=^*&¤¤¤# #¤¤¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&¤@## ##@¤&*^=-.
...===**¤# #&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&= #¤**===...
......=^&¤ = = ¤&^=......
.-=^**&&&@ &=# SUCKING TRANSFORMER &=# @&&&**^=-.
.-=====**¤ = = ¤**=====-.
....--^^*¤ =#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#& ¤*^^--....
.....==*¤# #¤*==.....
....-^^*&¤ A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ¤&*^^-....
....-^&&&@ COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY @&&&^-....
...===^*&¤ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ¤&*^===...
....--^**¤ BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD ¤**^--....
.-=^*&¤@## POWERLINES. ##@¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&¤¤¤# #¤¤¤&*^=-.
.-====*&@@ AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE @@&*====-.
.-=^*&¤@## =VERY BIG=. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ##@¤&*^=-.
....=^^&¤# NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT #¤&^^=....
.-=^*&¤@@# ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE #@@¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&¤@## RARER KIND. ##@¤&*^=-.
.......=*¤ ¤*=.......
.-=^*&¤@## =#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#& ##@¤&*^=-.
......=*¤@ @¤*=......
.....-^&&¤ THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY ¤&&^-.....
......=^&¤ SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND ¤&^=......
.-=^*&¤@## MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ##@¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&¤@## TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ##@¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&¤@## CAN OBSERVE. ##@¤&*^=-.
......-^&¤ ¤&^-......
....=^^^&@ A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY @&^^^=....
.-=^*&¤@## TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ##@¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&¤@## METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ##@¤&*^=-.
.....-=^*¤ NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ¤*^=-.....
.....=^**¤ CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ¤**^=.....
.-=^***&&@ BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO @&&***^=-.
.-=^^^**¤¤ ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ¤¤**^^^=-.
.-=^*&¤@## COLLIDING. ##@¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&¤@## ##@¤&*^=-.
......=^&@ WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE @&^=......
.---^**&@@ GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS @@&**^---.
.-=^**&&@@ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR @@&&**^=-.
.-=^*&¤@## STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ##@¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&¤@## GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ##@¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&@### PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ###@&*^=-.
.-=^*&@### ###@&*^=-.
.....=*&&@ &=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=# @&&*=.....
.-=^*&¤@## ##@¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&¤@## THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ##@¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&¤@## IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ##@¤&*^=-.
.-=^^^*¤¤¤ IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ¤¤¤*^^^=-.
.....=***¤ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¤***=.....
.....-=*¤¤ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ¤¤*=-.....
.-=^*&¤@## SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ##@¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&&¤¤# #¤¤&&*^=-.
.-=^*&¤@## ##@¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&¤@## ##@¤&*^=-.
.-=^*&¤@@# #@@¤&*^=-.
....-^*¤¤@ @¤¤*^-....