¨:=:$¤&@## ##@&¤$:=:¨
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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. &¤:====:¨¨
¨:=:$¤&@## ##@&¤$:=:¨
¨:=::::$¤@ ¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=#¤=# @¤$::::=:¨
¨¨¨¨::¤&&@ @&&¤::¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨=$$$& THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT &$$$=¨¨¨¨¨
¨:=$¤&@### IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ###@&¤$=:¨
¨:=:$¤&@## IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ##@&¤$:=:¨
¨:=:$¤&### SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ###&¤$:=:¨
¨:=:$¤&@@# AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE #@@&¤$:=:¨
¨:=:$¤&@## SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ##@&¤$:=:¨
¨:=:$¤¤&@@ @@&¤¤$:=:¨
¨:=:¤&@### ###@&¤:=:¨
¨:=:$¤&&&# #&&&¤$:=:¨
¨:::==:$&# #&$:==:::¨
¨:=:$¤&@## ##@&¤$:=:¨