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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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