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.....~^%%# %~# SUCKING TRANSFORMER %~# #%%^~.....
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..^†%##### ~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#% #####%†^..
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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. ####%†^~..
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.....~†%## 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. ####%†^~..
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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. ####%†^~..
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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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