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&**\^..... @&»@&»@&»@&»@&»@&»@&»@&»@&»@&»@&» .....^\**&
#@#&&*\»^. &@» &@» .^»\*&@#
#@#&&*\»^. &»@ SUCKING TRANSFORMER &»@ .^»\*&@#
#@#&&*\»^. »&@ »&@ .^»\*&@#
@@#&&*\»^. »@&»@&»@&»@&»@&»@&»@&»@&»@&»@&»@& .^»\*&@@
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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. .^»\*&@#
&&&&&*\»^. .^»\*&&&&&
#&\^...... 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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