,^=\=*¤@@# #@@¤*=\=^,
,^=\=*¤@## ##@¤*=\=^,
,^=\=*¤@## ##@¤*=\=^,
,,,,^\\**¤ ¤**\\^,,,,
,^=\====¤@ @¤====\=^,
,^=\=*¤@## #*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*= ##@¤*=\=^,
,^=\=*¤@## *#= *#= ##@¤*=\=^,
,^=\\\**¤@ *=# 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. ¤**=\=^^,,
,^=\\\\**@ @**\\\\=^,
,,,==\==¤# #¤==\==,,,
,^=\=*¤@## ##@¤*=\=^,
,^=\=*¤@@# #@@¤*=\=^,
,^^^^^\==¤ ¤==\^^^^^,