,,,,,~\*&# #&*\~,,,,,
,,,,,\%&&# #&&%\,,,,,
,,~\*%&### ###&%*\~,,
,,~\*%&### ###&%*\~,,
,,,,~***&# #&***~,,,,
,,~\*%&### #%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~ ###&%*\~,,
,,~\***%%# %#~ %#~ #%%***\~,,
,,~*%&#### %~# 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. ###&%*\~,,
,,~\*%&### ###&%*\~,,
,,~\*%&### ###&%*\~,,
,,,,,,~\%# #%\~,,,,,,
,,,,,\%%&& &&%%\,,,,,
,,~\***%%# #%%***\~,,