,^«/$%¤#@#                                          #@#¤%$/«^,
,,,«///$%¤                                          ¤%$///«,,,
,^«/$%¤#@#                                          #@#¤%$/«^,
,,,,,«/$%¤                                          ¤%$/«,,,,,
,^/$%¤#@##                                          ##@#¤%$/^,
,,,,,,,«$¤    @%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«     ¤$«,,,,,,,
,,,,,«/$¤#     %@«                           %@«    #¤$/«,,,,,
,^«/$%%¤¤@     %«@    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    %«@    @¤¤%%$/«^,
,^«/$%¤#@@     «%@                           «%@    @@#¤%$/«^,
,,,^«/%¤¤@     «@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%    @¤¤%/«^,,,
,,,,,«$%¤¤                                          ¤¤%$«,,,,,
,^«/$%¤#@# A TYPE  OF  TRANSFORMER  (AN  ELECTRICAL #@#¤%$/«^,
,^«/$%¤#@@  COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY   @@#¤%$/«^,
,^«/$%#@##  LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY  ##@#%$/«^,
,^«/$%¤#@# BETWEEN  THE  RAILS  AND  THE   OVERHEAD #@#¤%$/«^,
,^«/$%¤¤##               POWERLINES.                ##¤¤%$/«^,
,^«/$%¤#@@                                          @@#¤%$/«^,
,^«/$%¤##@ AS FAR  AS  TRANSFORMERS GO,  THESE  ARE @##¤%$/«^,
,^«/$%%%%# «VERY BIG«.  INSTEAD,  NOT AS  MANY  ARE #%%%%$/«^,
,^«/$%¤#@#      NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT     #@#¤%$/«^,
,^«/$%¤#@#  ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE   #@#¤%$/«^,
,,^««//%##                RARER KIND.               ##%//««^,,
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,,,,,^«$¤@     «@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%    @¤$«^,,,,,
,^«/$%¤#@@                                          @@#¤%$/«^,
,^«/$%¤##@ THE  RAILPEOPLE   ARE  IN  GENERAL  VERY @##¤%$/«^,
,,,,,,«$¤#     SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND    #¤$«,,,,,,
,^«/$%¤¤¤# MACHINES,   SO   ALSO   WITH  THE   THIS #¤¤¤%$/«^,
,,,,,«$$¤@ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE  KNOW  IS  WHAT  WE @¤$$«,,,,,
,^«/$%¤#@#               CAN OBSERVE.               #@#¤%$/«^,
,^«/$%¤#@#                                          #@#¤%$/«^,
,^«/$%¤#@# A  SUCKING TRANSFORMER  IS SURROUNDED BY #@#¤%$/«^,
,,,«//%%## 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    ##%//«,,,,
,^«/$%¤### AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS,  AND EVEN  THE ###¤%$/«^,
,^«/$%¤#@#        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        #@#¤%$/«^,
,,,,,^/%¤#                                          #¤%/^,,,,,
,^«/$%¤###                                          ###¤%$/«^,
,^«/$%%%##                                          ##%%%$/«^,
,^«/$%¤#@#                                          #@#¤%$/«^,
,^«/$%¤¤##                                          ##¤¤%$/«^,