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¨.-/%%%%%# %@- %@- #%%%%%/-.¨
¨¨¨¨./%%## %-@ 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. #@@#%%/-.¨
¨.-/%%#@## ##@#%%/-.¨
¨.-/%%#@@@ @@@#%%/-.¨
¨.-/%%#@@# #@@#%%/-.¨
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