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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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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. §=«~,,,,,,
,,,,,~«=§& &§=«~,,,,,
,,,,~«=§&@ &«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«# @&§=«~,,,,
,,,~«=§&@# #@&§=«~,,,
,,~«=§&@## 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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