,,,,:/@@¤# #¤@@/:,,,,
,:»/%@¤### ###¤@%/»:,
,:»/%@¤### ###¤@%/»:,
,:»/%%%@¤¤ ¤¤@%%%/»:,
,:»»///%@¤ ¤@%///»»:,
,,,,,,:/%¤ #@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@» ¤%/:,,,,,,
,:»/%@¤### @#» @#» ###¤@%/»:,
,:»/%@¤### @»# 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. #¤¤¤@%/»:,
,:»/%¤#### ####¤%/»:,
,:»/%@¤### ###¤@%/»:,
,:»»///%@# #@%///»»:,
,,,,::/%¤# #¤%/::,,,,
,,,,»%@¤¤# #¤¤@%»,,,,