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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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