¨,-^%%@@## ##@@%%^-,¨
¨,-^%%%%%@ @%%%%%^-,¨
¨,-^%%@@## ##@@%%^-,¨
¨¨¨¨¨--%%@ @%%--¨¨¨¨¨
¨,,----^%@ @%^----,,¨
¨,-^%%@@## #%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%- ##@@%%^-,¨
¨,-^%%@@@# %#- %#- #@@@%%^-,¨
,-^%%@@### %-# 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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