...&&&.... ...&......
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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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