,,~/^%@£##                                          ##£@%^/~,,
,,~/^%@###                                          ###@%^/~,,
,,~/^%@£##                                          ##£@%^/~,,
,,~/^%@£##                                          ##£@%^/~,,
,,~/^%@£##                                          ##£@%^/~,,
,,,~~///%@     #%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~    @%///~~,,,
,,~/^%@£££     %#~                           %#~    £££@%^/~,,
,,~/^%@£##     %~#    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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