,:~^%%&### ###&%%^~:,
,:~^%%&### ###&%%^~:,
,,,,,,~^%# #%^~,,,,,,
,:~^%%&### ###&%%^~:,
,:~^%%&&&& &&&&%%^~:,
,:~^%%&### #%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~ ###&%%^~:,
,:~^^^^%## %#~ %#~ ##%^^^^~:,
,:~^%%&### %~# 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. ##&%^~~:,,
,:~^%&#### ####&%^~:,
,,,:~%%&&& &&&%%~:,,,
,:~^%%#### ####%%^~:,
,:~^%&#### ####&%^~:,
,:~~~^%&## ##&%^~~~:,