¨,~^%¤#@## ##@#¤%^~,¨
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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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¨,~^%¤¤#@# #@#¤¤%^~,¨