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....~~;§#@     @§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~    @#§;~~....
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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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