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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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¨,«/*&#@## «#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#& ##@#&*/«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨«*## ##*«¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,«/*&#@## 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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