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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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