.-~;*%%%£@ @£%%%*;~-.
....~*%%££ ££%%*~....
.-~;*%#£## ##£#%*;~-.
.-~;*%#£@# #@£#%*;~-.
.-~;*%#£@# #@£#%*;~-.
.-~;*%#£@# @%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~ #@£#%*;~-.
.-~;%#£@## %@~ %@~ ##@£#%;~-.
.-~;*%#£@# %~@ 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. @£#%%*;~-.
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.-~;*%##£@ %~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@ @£##%*;~-.
.-~~;;;;%£ £%;;;;~~-.
.-~;*%#@## 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. ##£#%*;~-.
......~*#£ £#*~......
.-~;*%#£@# #@£#%*;~-.
.-~;*%#££@ @££#%*;~-.
.-~;*%#£@@ @@£#%*;~-.
.-~;*%#£@# #@£#%*;~-.