.....--^†% %†^--.....
....--^†%& &%†^--....
...--^†%&# #&%†^--...
..--^†%&## ##&%†^--..
.--^†%&### ###&%†^--.
..--^†%&## @%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%- ##&%†^--..
...--^†%&# %@- %@- #&%†^--...
....--^†%& %-@ 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. #&%†^--...
..--^†%&## ##&%†^--..
.--^†%&### ###&%†^--.
..--^†%&## ##&%†^--..
...--^†%&# #&%†^--...
....--^†%& &%†^--....