,,-:^#@@ @@##&^:-,,
,,,,,-:: #&::-,,,,,
,,-:^### ####&^:-,,
,,-:^#@@ @@##&^:-,,
,,-:^### ####&^:-,,
,,-:^@## @&-@&-@&-@&-@&-@&-@&-@&-@&-@&-@&- ##@#&^:-,,
,,,,,,-^^# &@- &@- #^^-,,,,,,
,,-:^@## &-@ 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. ####&^:-,,
,,-:^#@# #@##&^:-,,
,,-:^#@@ @@##&^:-,,
,,-:^##@ @###&^:-,,
,,-:^#@# #@##&^:-,,
,,-:^#@@ @@##&^:-,,