,,:~**%@## ##@%**~:,,
,:~**%@### ###@%**~:,
,,:~**%@## ##@%**~:,,
,,,:~**%@# #@%**~:,,,
,,,,:~**%@ @%**~:,,,,
,,,,,:~**% #%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~ %**~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~** %#~ %#~ **~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~* %~# 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. @%**~:,,,,
,,,:~**%@# #@%**~:,,,
,,:~**%@## ##@%**~:,,
,:~**%@### ###@%**~:,
,,:~**%@## ##@%**~:,,
,,,:~**%@# #@%**~:,,,