###§$*\.¨¨ ¨¨.\*$§###
####§$*\.¨ ¨.\*$§####
###§$*\.¨¨ ¨¨.\*$§###
##§$*\.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.\*$§##
#§$*\.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.\*$§#
§$*\.¨¨¨¨¨ #$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~ ¨¨¨¨¨.\*$§
#§$*\.¨¨¨¨ $#~ $#~ ¨¨¨¨.\*$§#
##§$*\.¨¨¨ $~# 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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##§$*\.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.\*$§##