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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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,~=*$%&¶##    =#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%     ##¶&%$*=~,
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,~=*$%&¶¶# THE  RAILPEOPLE  ARE  IN   GENERAL  VERY #¶¶&%$*=~,
,~=*$%¶###    SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND     ###¶%$*=~,
,,,,,,~*$& MACHINES,  SO   ALSO   WITH   THE   THIS &$*~,,,,,,
,,~===*$&¶ TRANSFORMER.  WHAT  WE KNOW  IS  WHAT WE ¶&$*===~,,
,~=*$%&¶##               CAN OBSERVE.               ##¶&%$*=~,
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,,~~~=$&&¶ A SUCKING  TRANSFORMER  IS SURROUNDED BY ¶&&$=~~~,,
,~=*$%%&&& TWO  SIGNS,  BOTH  AROUND  TWENTY   FOUR &&&%%$*=~,
,,,,~=$%%¶ METERS TO EACH  SIDE OF  IT.  TRANINS DO ¶%%$=~,,,,
,~=*$%&¶## NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS  DURING ANY ##¶&%$*=~,
,,,,~~*$%¶ CIRCUMSTANCES   -  IF  THE   CHOICE   IS ¶%$*~~,,,,
,~=*$%&¶## BETWEEN  HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ##¶&%$*=~,
,~=*$%&¶## ANOTHER TRAIN  JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ##¶&%$*=~,
,~=*$%&¶##                COLLIDING.                ##¶&%$*=~,
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,~==**%&&& 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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,~=*$%&¶##    %=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#     ##¶&%$*=~,
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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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