.~««//**@@ @@**//««~.
.~«/*@#### ####@*/«~.
.~«/**@### ###@**/«~.
.~«/**@### ###@**/«~.
.....~//*@ @*//~.....
.~«**@#### #*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*« ####@**«~.
.~«/*****# *#« *#« #*****/«~.
.~««//*@@# *«# 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. @***«««~..
.~«/***@## ##@***/«~.
.~«/*@#### ####@*/«~.
.~«//****# #****//«~.
.~«/**@### ###@**/«~.
.....«*@@@ @@@*«.....