..==*%§@@# #@@§%*==..
....===*%@ @%*===....
......==%§ §%==......
.......=*§ §*=.......
....===*§# #§*===....
..===*%%§§ #%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%= §§%%*===..
..==*%§@## %#= %#= ##@§%*==..
..==*%§@@@ %=# 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. #@@§%*==..
..==*%§@## ##@§%*==..
..==*%§@## ##@§%*==..
..==***%@@ @@%***==..
..===***§# #§***===..
..==*%§@## ##@§%*==..