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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.        &§==††=..,
,.=†====&@                                          @&====†=.,
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,.=††††§@#                                          #@§††††=.,
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