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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. ..........
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.........: 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. *%=~:.....
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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. ..........
.........: :.........
........:~ 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. ££*%=~:...
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...:~=%*££ 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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