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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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,~-==@£### 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 ###£&@==-~
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,~-=@&£### 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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