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