,,,«*=&£## ##£&=*«,,,
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,,,,,,«*=& &=*«,,,,,,
,,,,,,,«*= =*«,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,« &#« &#« «,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,«* &«# SUCKING TRANSFORMER &«# *«,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,«*= «&# «&# =*«,,,,,,,
,,,,,,«*=& «#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#& &=*«,,,,,,
,,,,,«*=&£ £&=*«,,,,,
,,,,«*=&£# 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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