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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. .&&&&.&&.&
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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. .&&...&.&&
&..&&&.&.& &&.&..&&&.
&&.&..&&&& 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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