..,-:†%#@# #@#%†:-,..
.,-:†%#@## ##@#%†:-,.
..,-:†%#@# #@#%†:-,..
...,-:†%#@ @#%†:-,...
....,-:†%# #%†:-,....
.....,-:†% @%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%- %†:-,.....
......,-:† %@- %@- †:-,......
.......,-: %-@ 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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