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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. #@@¤*=;«^,
,,,«;=*¤¤@ @¤¤*=;«,,,
,^«;=*¤@@@ «@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@* @@@¤*=;«^,
,^«;=*¤@@# #@@¤*=;«^,
,^«;=*@@## 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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