,-~*%%@@## ##@@%%*~-,
,-~*%%@@## ##@@%%*~-,
,-~*%%@@## ##@@%%*~-,
,-~*%%@@## ##@@%%*~-,
,-~~~%%%%@ @%%%%~~~-,
,-~**%%@@@ #%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~ @@@%%**~-,
,-~*%%@### %#~ %#~ ###@%%*~-,
,-~*%%@@## %~# 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. ##@@%%*~-,
,-~*%%@@## ##@@%%*~-,
,-~*%%@@## ##@@%%*~-,
,,,,~~%%%@ @%%%~~,,,,
-~*%%@@### ###@@%%*~-
,-~*%%@@## ##@@%%*~-,