,,,:~\§%£# #£%§\~:,,,
,,,,:~\§%£ £%§\~:,,,,
,,,:~\§%£# #£%§\~:,,,
,,:~\§%£## ##£%§\~:,,
,:~\§%£### ###£%§\~:,
,,:~\§%£## #%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~ ##£%§\~:,,
,,,:~\§%£# %#~ %#~ #£%§\~:,,,
,,,,:~\§%£ %~# 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. #£%§\~:,,,
,,,,:~\§%£ £%§\~:,,,,
,,,:~\§%£# #£%§\~:,,,
,,:~\§%£## ##£%§\~:,,
,:~\§%£### ###£%§\~:,
,,:~\§%£## ##£%§\~:,,