..~†%&¤#@# #@#¤&%†~..
..~†%&¤@## ##@¤&%†~..
.~†%&¤#@## ##@#¤&%†~.
....~%%%¤¤ ¤¤%%%~....
..~†%&¤#@@ @@#¤&%†~..
.....††%%¤ @&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~ ¤%%††.....
......~†%¤ &@~ &@~ ¤%†~......
..~†%&¤### &~@ 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. #@#¤&%†~..
..~†%¤#@## ##@#¤%†~..
..~†%&¤#@@ @@#¤&%†~..
....~~†%¤¤ ¤¤%†~~....
.....~%&¤@ @¤&%~.....
.....†%¤#@ @#¤%†.....