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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 ,,,,,=†%¤#
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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 ,:=:†%¤@##
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