,,,,«\*¤&@ @&¤*\«,,,,
,,,«\*¤&@@ @@&¤*\«,,,
,,«\*¤&@@# #@@&¤*\«,,
,,,«\*¤&@@ @@&¤*\«,,,
,,,,«\*¤&@ @&¤*\«,,,,
,,,,,«\*¤& @¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤« &¤*\«,,,,,
,,,,«\*¤&@ ¤@« ¤@« @&¤*\«,,,,
,,,«\*¤&@@ ¤«@ 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. @&¤*\«,,,,
,,,«\*¤&@@ @@&¤*\«,,,
,,«\*¤&@@# #@@&¤*\«,,
,,,«\*¤&@@ @@&¤*\«,,,
,,,,«\*¤&@ @&¤*\«,,,,
,,,,,«\*¤& &¤*\«,,,,,