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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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,,,,,,,,,.     ~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*    .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~                                          ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~† 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.                ~.,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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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,,,,,,,,,.     *~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@*~@    .,,,,,,,,,
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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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