,,,-~†*$¤@                                          @¤$*†~-,,,
,,-~†*$¤@#                                          #@¤$*†~-,,
,-~†*$¤@##                                          ##@¤$*†~-,
,,-~†*$¤@#                                          #@¤$*†~-,,
,,,-~†*$¤@                                          @¤$*†~-,,,
,,,,-~†*$¤    #$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~     ¤$*†~-,,,,
,,,-~†*$¤@     $#~                           $#~    @¤$*†~-,,,
,,-~†*$¤@#    $~#    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. #@¤$*†~-,,
,,,-~†*$¤@                                          @¤$*†~-,,,
,,,,-~†*$¤     $~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#    ¤$*†~-,,,,
,,,-~†*$¤@                                          @¤$*†~-,,,
,,-~†*$¤@# THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE  RAIL ENVIRONMENT #@¤$*†~-,,
,-~†*$¤@## IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD.  THEY SEEM TO PULL ##@¤$*†~-,
,,-~†*$¤@#    IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES.    #@¤$*†~-,,
,,,-~†*$¤@    SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO     @¤$*†~-,,,
,,,,-~†*$¤ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND  EVEN  THE ¤$*†~-,,,,
,,,-~†*$¤@        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        @¤$*†~-,,,
,,-~†*$¤@#                                          #@¤$*†~-,,
,-~†*$¤@##                                          ##@¤$*†~-,
,,-~†*$¤@#                                          #@¤$*†~-,,
,,,-~†*$¤@                                          @¤$*†~-,,,
,,,,-~†*$¤                                          ¤$*†~-,,,,