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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.                .......^==
%==^......                                          ......^==%
$%==^..... AS  FAR  AS TRANSFORMERS  GO, THESE  ARE .....^==%$
@$%==^.... =VERY  BIG=.  INSTEAD,  NOT AS MANY  ARE ....^==%$@
#@$%==^...      NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT     ...^==%$@#
##@$%==^..   ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE  ..^==%$@##
###@$%==^.                RARER KIND.               .^==%$@###
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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. .........^
=^........                                          ........^=
==^.......    $=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#     .......^==
%==^......                                          ......^==%
$%==^..... THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE  RAIL ENVIRONMENT .....^==%$
@$%==^.... IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM  TO PULL ....^==%$@
#@$%==^...    IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES.    ...^==%$@#
##@$%==^..    SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO     ..^==%$@##
###@$%==^. AFFECT  SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND  EVEN THE .^==%$@###
##@$%==^..        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        ..^==%$@##
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