,,,,,,~^%& &%^~,,,,,,
,,,,~^=%%& &%%=^~,,,,
,,~^=%&### ###&%=^~,,
,,,~^^==%& &%==^^~,,,
,,~^=%&### ###&%=^~,,
,,,~~~==&# #%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~ #&==~~~,,,
,,,,,,^%&# %#~ %#~ #&%^,,,,,,
,,,,,^^%## %~# 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. ###&%=^~,,
,,,,,^^^=& &=^^^,,,,,
,,~^=%&### ###&%=^~,,
,,~^=%#### ####%=^~,,
,,~^=%&### ###&%=^~,,
,,~^=%&&&# #&&&%=^~,,