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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 §§§&&^=~,,
,,~=^&§### 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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