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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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¨.«=^¤#@## 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. @#¤^=«¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨....=^# 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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