,,,,-*%%## ##%%*-,,,,
,,,,,-*%%# #%%*-,,,,,
,,,,,,-*%% %%*-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-*% %*-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-* *-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- #%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%- -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-* %#- %#- *-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-*% %-# 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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,,,,-*%%## ##%%*-,,,,
,,,,,-*%%# #%%*-,,,,,
,,,,,,-*%% %%*-,,,,,,
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