##@#%†^--. .--^†%#@##
##@#%†^--. .--^†%#@##
##@#%†^--. .--^†%#@##
@#%^^-.... ....-^^%#@
@%†----... ...----†%@
#%^^--.... #%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%- ....--^^%#
#†--...... %#- %#- ......--†#
###@#†^--. %-# 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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