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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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§@$*=^¨¨¨¨ =VERY BIG=. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ¨¨¨¨^=*$@§
#§@$*=^¨¨¨ NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ¨¨¨^=*$@§#
##§@$*=^¨¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ¨¨^=*$@§##
###§@$*=^¨ RARER KIND. ¨^=*$@§###
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$*=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=*$
*=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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