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,,,^~\%¤@# ¤~@ SUCKING TRANSFORMER ¤~@ #@¤%\~^,,,
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,^~\%¤@### ~@¤~@¤~@¤~@¤~@¤~@¤~@¤~@¤~@¤~@¤~@¤ ###@¤%\~^,
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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. \~^,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,^ 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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,,,,,,,^~\ 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. ^,,,,,,,,,
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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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