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..,«†%@§##    #@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«     ##§@%†«,..
.,«†%@§###     @#«                           @#«    ###§@%†«,.
..,«†%@§##    @«#    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    @«#     ##§@%†«,..
...,«†%@§#    «@#                           «@#     #§@%†«,...
....,«†%@§     «#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@    §@%†«,....
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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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......,«†% 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.               «,........
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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.                ###§@%†«,.
..,«†%@§##                                          ##§@%†«,..
...,«†%@§# 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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........,«     @«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#    «,........
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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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