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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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.~=\=@&@## @=#@=#@=#@=#@=#@=#@=#@=#@=#@=#@=# ##@&@=\=~.
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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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