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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.               &,&,&&&&,,
&&,,,,&&,,                                          &&&&,,,&,&
,&,,,&,&,& 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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