,,###,,##, #,#,,##,##
,#,,#,#,## ###,#,##,#
##,#####,# ,,####,###
,##,,,,##, ,#,,,##,,,
#,#,,,#,#, ##,,#,#,,,
###,,##### #*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*= ,#,####,,#
,,#,#,,,,# *#= *#= ###,,,#,#,
,####,,,#, *=# 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. ,##,,###,,
,,,,#,,,,# #,#,#,,#,#
,,,##,,,## #####,####
,,#,#,,#,# ,,,,##,,,#
,####,#### ,,,#,#,,##
#,,,##,,,# ,,####,#,#