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##@@$†*~,, $#~ $#~ ,,~*†$@@##
###@$†*~,, $~# SUCKING TRANSFORMER $~# ,,~*†$@###
###@$†*~,, ~$# ~$# ,,~*†$@###
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###@$†*~,, A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ,,~*†$@###
##@†~,,,,, COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY ,,,,,~†@##
@$*,,,,,,, LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ,,,,,,,*$@
###@$†*~,, BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD ,,~*†$@###
####@$*~,, POWERLINES. ,,~*$@####
##$$$†*~,, ,,~*†$$$##
#$††††*~,, AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ,,~*††††$#
#$*,,,,,,, ~VERY BIG~. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ,,,,,,,*$#
###@$†*~,, NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ,,~*†$@###
###@$†*~,, ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ,,~*†$@###
@@$†~,,,,, RARER KIND. ,,,,,~†$@@
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###@$†*~,, ~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$ ,,~*†$@###
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##$*~~,,,, 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. ,,,,,~~††@
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###@$†*~,, WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ,,~*†$@###
###@$†*~,, GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ,,~*†$@###
#@@$†~~~,, DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ,,~~~†$@@#
@$$††*~~,, STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ,,~~*††$$@
##$*~~,,,, GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ,,,,~~*$##
###@$†*~,, PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ,,~*†$@###
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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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