#..#.#....                                          .#####.###
.#.####...                                          .#....##..
.###...#..                                          .##...#.#.
.#..#..##.                                          .#.#..####
###.##.#.#                                          .####.#...
#..##.####     @$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=    .#...###..
##.#.##...     $@=                           $@=    ###..#..#.
#.####.#..    $=@    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.        .##.#..#.#
..#.#..#..                                          ##.###.###
#.####.##.                                          #.##..##..
###...##.#                                          .##.#.#.#.
#..#..#.##                                          ##.#######
.#.##.###.                                          ..##......