.~~^%&¤### ###¤&%^~~.
.~~^%%%¤¤# #¤¤%%%^~~.
.~~^%&¤### ###¤&%^~~.
...~^%%%%¤ ¤%%%%^~...
.~~^%&¤### ###¤&%^~~.
.~~~^^^&¤# #&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~ #¤&^^^~~~.
.....~^^ ~ ~ #&^^~.....
.~~^%&¤### &~# 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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