,,,,,~%%%§                                          §%%%~,,,,,
,,~\%%§###                                          ###§%%\~,,
,,~\%%§###                                          ###§%%\~,,
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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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