......:-=^ ^=-:......
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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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