,,~~\\¤¤#@ @#¤¤\\~~,,
,,,,,,~\¤# #¤\~,,,,,,
,~-\*¤§#@# #@#§¤*\-~,
,,,,,,~\¤§ §¤\~,,,,,,
,~-\\**¤¤# #¤¤**\\-~,
,~-\*¤§#@# @¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤- #@#§¤*\-~,
,,,,~\*§#@ ¤@- ¤@- @#§*\~,,,,
,~-\*¤§#@@ ¤-@ 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. ##§¤\~,,,,
,~-\*¤§#@# #@#§¤*\-~,
,,,,~~-*¤§ §¤*-~~,,,,
,~-\*¤§§## ##§§¤*\-~,
,~-\*¤§#@@ @@#§¤*\-~,
,~-\*¤§### ###§¤*\-~,