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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. ¨¨¨¨¨:=†%@
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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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