¨.~^^$@@## ##@@$^^~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~^$@ @$^~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨....^^@#@ @#@^^....¨
¨.~^^$@#@# #@#@$^^~.¨
¨.~^^$@@#@ @#@@$^^~.¨
¨¨¨~^^$@@@ @$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~ @@@$^^~¨¨¨
¨.~^^$@#@# $@~ $@~ #@#@$^^~.¨
¨.~^^$@#@# $~@ 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 #@@$$^^~.¨
¨.~^^$@@@@ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR @@@@$^^~.¨
¨.~^^$@#@# STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. #@#@$^^~.¨
¨.~^^^^^$# GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT #$^^^^^~.¨
¨.~^^$@##@ PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. @##@$^^~.¨
¨¨¨¨.^^$#@ @#$^^.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.^^^@@ $~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@ @@^^^.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.~^$$## ##$$^~.¨¨¨
¨¨¨..^^^$@ THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT @$^^^..¨¨¨
¨.~^^^^^$@ IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL @$^^^^^~.¨
¨¨¨...^^$# IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. #$^^...¨¨¨
¨.~^^$@#@@ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO @@#@$^^~.¨
¨.~^^$@#@# AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE #@#@$^^~.¨
¨.~^^$@#@# SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. #@#@$^^~.¨
¨.~^^$@#@# #@#@$^^~.¨
¨.~^^^$$$@ @$$$^^^~.¨
¨.~^^$@### ###@$^^~.¨
¨¨¨.~^^^@# #@^^^~.¨¨¨
¨.~^^$@### ###@$^^~.¨