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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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