,,,,,,,,:= =:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:= =:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=: :=:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:=:$ $:=:,,,,,,
,,,,,:=:$& #&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&= &$:=:,,,,,
,,,,:=:$&@ &#= &#= @&$:=:,,,,
,,,:=:$&@¶ &=# 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. @&$:=:,,,,
,,,:=:$&@¶ ¶@&$:=:,,,
,,:=:$&@¶# #¶@&$:=:,,
,:=:$&@¶## ##¶@&$:=:,
,,:=:$&@¶# #¶@&$:=:,,
,,,:=:$&@¶ ¶@&$:=:,,,