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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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.,~†§¤¤¤¤@                                          @¤¤¤¤§†~,.