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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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