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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. %*:~,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~: 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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,,,,,,,,~: 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. ~,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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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