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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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