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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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