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&&$$$%\-^, $-# SUCKING TRANSFORMER $-# ,^-\%$$$&&
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#$%\\^^,,, A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ,,,^^\\%$#
#&$\-,,,,, 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 ,,,,,-%$$#
###&$%\-^, -VERY BIG-. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ,^-\%$&###
###&$%\-^, NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ,^-\%$&###
###&$%\-^, ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ,^-\%$&###
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###&$%\-^, -#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$ ,^-\%$&###
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###&$%\-^, THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY ,^-\%$&###
##&$$%\-^, SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND ,^-\%$$&##
###&$%\-^, MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ,^-\%$&###
###&$%\-^, TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ,^-\%$&###
&$$%\\^,,, CAN OBSERVE. ,,,^\\%$$&
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#$\^,,,,,, A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY ,,,,,,^\$#
#&%\-,,,,, TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ,,,,,-\%&#
&%\^,,,,,, METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ,,,,,,^\%&
###&$%\-^, NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ,^-\%$&###
###&$%\-^, CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ,^-\%$&###
###&$%\-^, BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ,^-\%$&###
#$\-^^,,,, ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ,,,,^^-\$#
#$$%%%\-^, COLLIDING. ,^-\%%%$$#
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###&$%\-^, WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ,^-\%$&###
####$%\-^, GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ,^-\%$####
&%\-^,,,,, DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ,,,,,^-\%&
#$$\\\-^^, 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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