,,,,,,,~%@ @%~,,,,,,,
,,,,--^^§# #§^^--,,,,
,,,,-^§@@# #@@§^-,,,,
,-~^%§@### ###@§%^~-,
,-~^%§@### ###@§%^~-,
,-~^%§@### #§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~ ###@§%^~-,
,-~^%§@### §#~ §#~ ###@§%^~-,
,-~^%§#### §~# 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. ###@§%^~-,
,-~^%§@### ###@§%^~-,
,-~^§@#### ####@§^~-,
,-~^%§@### ###@§%^~-,
,-~^%§@### ###@§%^~-,
,-~^%§@### ###@§%^~-,