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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. ##@£%§=~,.
..,~=§%£@# #@£%§=~,..
...,~=§%£@ ~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#% @£%§=~,...
....,~=§%£ £%§=~,....
.....,~=§% 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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