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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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