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##@@$*=-,¨ $-# SUCKING TRANSFORMER $-# ¨,-=*$@@##
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##@@$*=-,¨ -#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$ ¨,-=*$@@##
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@@$$=,¨¨¨¨ A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ¨¨¨¨,=$$@@
#@$=-¨¨¨¨¨ COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY ¨¨¨¨¨-=$@#
@$*-¨¨¨¨¨¨ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ¨¨¨¨¨¨-*$@
##@@$*=-,¨ BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD ¨,-=*$@@##
##@@$*=-,¨ POWERLINES. ¨,-=*$@@##
##@@$*=-,¨ ¨,-=*$@@##
#@$*=-,¨¨¨ AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ¨¨¨,-=*$@#
##@@$*=-,¨ -VERY BIG-. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ¨,-=*$@@##
@@@*=-¨¨¨¨ 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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