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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. ,,,~\\^@¤¤
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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. ,.~\^@¤#@#
@@#¤@^\~., ,.~\^@¤#@@
@#¤^~.,,,, 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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