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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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