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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. /-~,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,~ -#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤ ~,,,,,,,,,
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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ ¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-# ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~- -~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~-/ 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. #¶§¤%/-~,,
,~-/%¤§¶## ##¶§¤%/-~,
,,~-/%¤§¶# #¶§¤%/-~,,
,,,~-/%¤§¶ ¶§¤%/-~,,,
,,,,~-/%¤§ §¤%/-~,,,,
,,,,,~-/%¤ ¤%/-~,,,,,