,,,~==%%%# #%%%==~,,,
,,,,~=%#@@ @@#%=~,,,,
,~~~=^%##@ @##%^=~~~,
,~~=^%#@@@ @@@#%^=~~,
,~~=^%#@@# #@@#%^=~~,
,~~=^%#@@@ @%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~ @@@#%^=~~,
,~~=^%#@@# %@~ %@~ #@@#%^=~~,
,~~=^%#@@# %~@ 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. ##@@#^=~~,
,~~=^#@@## ##@@#^=~~,
,,~~==%%#@ @#%%==~~,,
,~~=^%#@@# #@@#%^=~~,
,~~=^%#@@# #@@#%^=~~,
,~~=^%#@@# #@@#%^=~~,