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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. §*~~~~~-,,
,-~†*$§@##                                          ##@§$*†~-,
,,,,~**$§#    $~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#     #§$**~,,,,
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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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