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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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