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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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#†:~,¨¨¨¨¨ ~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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,:†#
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####@†:~,¨ 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. ¨,~:†@#@##
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@@#@@†:~,¨ 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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