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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. &$$$*~,,,,
,~**$&£### ###£&$**~,
,,~**$&£## AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ##£&$**~,,
,,~*$&£### ~VERY BIG~. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ###£&$*~,,
,,,,,~**&& NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT &&**~,,,,,
,,~*$&£### ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ###£&$*~,,
,,~**$&££# RARER KIND. #££&$**~,,
,,~**$&£## ##£&$**~,,
,,,,,~**&& ~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$ &&**~,,,,,
,,~**$&£££ £££&$**~,,
,,~**$&££# THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY #££&$**~,,
,,,,~**$&& SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND &&$**~,,,,
,,~**$&£## MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ##£&$**~,,
,,,,~~~*$& TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE &$*~~~,,,,
,,~**$&### CAN OBSERVE. ###&$**~,,
,,~**$&&£# #£&&$**~,,
,,~**$&£## A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY ##£&$**~,,
,,,,,,,*$& TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR &$*,,,,,,,
,,~**$&£## METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ##£&$**~,,
,,~~****$£ NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY £$****~~,,
,,~**$&££# CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS #££&$**~,,
,,~**$&£## BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ##£&$**~,,
,,,,,~***& ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER &***~,,,,,
,,~*****$£ COLLIDING. £$*****~,,
,,,,,,,~*& &*~,,,,,,,
,,~**$&£## WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ##£&$**~,,
,,,,,~***& GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS &***~,,,,,
,,~**$$$££ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ££$$$**~,,
,,~**$&£## STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ##£&$**~,,
,,~**$&£## GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ##£&$**~,,
,,,~~**&££ PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ££&**~~,,,
,,,,~~*$££ ££$*~~,,,,
,,~**$&£## $~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~# ##£&$**~,,
,,,,,,,*$& &$*,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~*& THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT &*~,,,,,,,
,,,,~**&££ IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ££&**~,,,,
,,~**$&### IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ###&$**~,,
,,~**$$&&£ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO £&&$$**~,,
,,~**$&£## AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ##£&$**~,,
,,~******& SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. &******~,,
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