.~-†%$#@@@ @@@#$%†-~.
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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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