¨:-;^&#@## ##@#&^;-:¨
¨:-;^&&#@# #@#&&^;-:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:-;^# #^;-:¨¨¨¨¨
¨:-;^&##@# #@##&^;-:¨
¨¨¨¨::;&&@ @&&;::¨¨¨¨
¨¨::-;^&## #&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&- ##&^;-::¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:;^# &#- &#- #^;:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:-;^&#@@@ &-# 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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