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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. =~,,,,,,,,
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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. £%\=~,,,,,
,,,,,,~=\% %\=~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=\ 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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