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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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,,,,,,,,,^ -#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#% ^,,,,,,,,,
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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. -^,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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. %**-^,,,,,
,,,,^-**%# #%**-^,,,,
,,,^-**%#@ %-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-# @#%**-^,,,
,,^-**%#@# #@#%**-^,,
,^-**%#@## 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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