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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. ¨¨¨¨.-^%%@
%%^-.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.-^%%
%^-.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.-^%
^-.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.-^
-.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.-
.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.