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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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