¨¨.--†%¤@@ @@¤%†--.¨¨
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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. ¤%%†-¨¨¨¨¨
¨.-†%%¤@@# #@@¤%%†-.¨
¨.-†%%¤@@# -@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@% #@@¤%%†-.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.†%¤ ¤%†.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.-†%%¤@@# 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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