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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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......^=*& =#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#% &*=^......
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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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