,^==%¤#@## ##@#¤%==^,
,^==%¤#@## ##@#¤%==^,
,^==%¤#@## ##@#¤%==^,
,^==%¤#@## ##@#¤%==^,
,^==%%%¤¤@ @¤¤%%%==^,
,^==%¤#@## #¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=#¤= ##@#¤%==^,
,,,,^^==%# ¤#= ¤#= #%==^^,,,,
,^=====%## ¤=# 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. ##¤%%===^,
,^==%¤#@@@ @@@#¤%==^,
,^==%¤#@## ##@#¤%==^,
,,,,^=%¤## ##¤%=^,,,,
,^==%¤#@## ##@#¤%==^,
,^==%¤#@## ##@#¤%==^,