...,-;^*&@ @&*^;-,...
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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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