.....,=:%* *%:=,.....
....,=:%*@ @*%:=,....
...,=:%*@# #@*%:=,...
..,=:%*@## ##@*%:=,..
.,=:%*@### ###@*%:=,.
..,=:%*@## #*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*= ##@*%:=,..
...,=:%*@# *#= *#= #@*%:=,...
....,=:%*@ *=# 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. :=,.......
......,=:% %:=,......
.....,=:%* *%:=,.....
....,=:%*@ @*%:=,....
...,=:%*@# #@*%:=,...
..,=:%*@## ##@*%:=,..