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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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