,:~:§#@### ###@#§:~:,
,:~:§§#@## ##@#§§:~:,
,:~:§§@### ###@§§:~:,
,,,:~§§### ###§§~:,,,
,,,,~~~§§@ @§§~~~,,,,
,:~:§§#@## #§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~ ##@#§§:~:,
,,,,:~§§@# §#~ §#~ #@§§~:,,,,
,:~:§§§§## §~# 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. #§::,,,,,,
,:~:§§#@## ##@#§§:~:,
,,:::§§§@# #@§§§:::,,
,:~:§§#@## ##@#§§:~:,
,,,,:~:§## ##§:~:,,,,
,:~:§§#@## ##@#§§:~:,