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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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#@@@$%^~:¨ ~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$ ¨:~^%$@@@#
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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 ¨:~^%@@@##
@@@@$%^~:¨ CAN OBSERVE. ¨:~^%$@@@@
#@@@$%^~:¨ ¨:~^%$@@@#
#@@@$%^~:¨ A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY ¨:~^%$@@@#
@@$%~::¨¨¨ TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ¨¨¨::~%$@@
##@@$%^~:¨ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ¨:~^%$@@##
#@@@$%^~:¨ NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ¨:~^%$@@@#
@@@@$%^~:¨ CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ¨:~^%$@@@@
@$%%%%^~:¨ BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ¨:~^%%%%$@
@@@%~¨¨¨¨¨ 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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