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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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,,,,,,,,,, %-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-# ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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,,:-^%#@## ##@#%^-:,,
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