,,-^^*#@## ##@#*^^-,,
,,-^^*#@## ##@#*^^-,,
,,,,,--^*# #*^--,,,,,
,,,,,,,-^# #^-,,,,,,,
,,-^^*#@## ##@#*^^-,,
,,-^^*#@## #*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*- ##@#*^^-,,
,,-^^*#@## *#- *#- ##@#*^^-,,
,,-^^*@### *-# 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. ##@#*^^-,,
,,,,,,,^*@ @*^,,,,,,,
,,-^^*#@## ##@#*^^-,,
,,,,-^^*## ##*^^-,,,,
,,-^^*#@## ##@#*^^-,,
,,-^^*#@## ##@#*^^-,,