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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. §^^=-¨¨¨¨¨
¨:-=^¤§@## ##@§¤^=-:¨
¨:-=^¤§@@@ 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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