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@@@†/,.... @%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~ ....,/†@@@
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#@@@%†/~,. %~@ SUCKING TRANSFORMER %~@ .,~/†%@@@#
##@@%†/~,. ~%@ ~%@ .,~/†%@@##
#@@@%†/~,. ~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@% .,~/†%@@@#
#@@@%†/~,. .,~/†%@@@#
@@@@%†/~,. 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. .,~/†%@@@@
#@@@%†/~,. .,~/†%@@@#
##@@@%/~,. 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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