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@@*§*=~¨¨¨ 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. ¨~=*§*@@@#
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@@*§*=~¨¨¨ 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. ¨~=*§*@@@#
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*§*=~¨¨¨¨¨ 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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