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