..,~^%§§@@ @@§§%^~,..
.,~^%§§@@# #@@§§%^~,.
,~^%§§@@## ##@@§§%^~,
.,~^%§§@@# #@@§§%^~,.
..,~^%§§@@ @@§§%^~,..
...,~^%§§@ @§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~ @§§%^~,...
....,~^%§§ §@~ §@~ §§%^~,....
.....,~^%§ §~@ 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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