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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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