,,~***††%¶ ¶%††***~,,
,,~*†%%@@@ @@@%%†*~,,
,,~*†%@¶## ##¶@%†*~,,
,,~*†%¶### ###¶%†*~,,
,,~*†%@¶## ##¶@%†*~,,
,,~*†%%%@¶ #%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~ ¶@%%%†*~,,
,,~*†%@¶## %#~ %#~ ##¶@%†*~,,
,,,~*††%@@ %~# 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. @†*,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,*%@ @%*,,,,,,,
,,,,~~~*†@ @†*~~~,,,,
,,,,~*††%¶ ¶%††*~,,,,
,,~*†%@¶## ##¶@%†*~,,
,,~*†%@¶## ##¶@%†*~,,