,,~:%*###@ @###*%:~,,
,,,,,,:%%# #%%:,,,,,,
,,,,,:***# #***:,,,,,
,,~:%*###@ @###*%:~,,
,,~:%*#### ####*%:~,,
,,,,,~::*# @*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~ #*::~,,,,,
,,,,,,:%*# *@~ *@~ #*%:,,,,,,
,,~:%*#### *~@ 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. #@##*%:~,,
,,~:%*#### ####*%:~,,
,,,~~%%*#@ @#*%%~~,,,
,,~:%*#### ####*%:~,,
,,~:%**### ###**%:~,,
,,,,,,,:*# #*:,,,,,,,