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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 ¨.~;^%@###
@@%^^;.¨¨¨ RARER KIND. ¨¨¨.;^^%@@
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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. ¨.~;^%@###
###@%^;~.¨ ¨.~;^%@###
###@%^;~.¨ 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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#@%^~.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.~^%@#
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