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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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