##¶&$†*=.¨                                          ¨.=*†$&¶##
##¶&$†*=.¨                                          ¨.=*†$&¶##
¶&†==¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨==†&¶
#¶&&$†*=.¨                                          ¨.=*†$&&¶#
&$††††*=.¨                                          ¨.=*††††$&
##¶&$†*=.¨     #$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=    ¨.=*†$&¶##
##¶&$†*=.¨     $#=                           $#=    ¨.=*†$&¶##
##¶&$†*=.¨    $=#    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 ¨.=*†&¶###
¶¶&&$†*=.¨        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        ¨.=*†$&&¶¶
##¶&$†*=.¨                                          ¨.=*†$&¶##
#&&$††*=.¨                                          ¨.=*††$&&#
##¶&$†*=.¨                                          ¨.=*†$&¶##
##¶&$†*=.¨                                          ¨.=*†$&¶##
&$**=¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨=**$&