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,,,,,,:«/%    &«#    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    &«#     %/«:,,,,,,
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,,,,:«/%&£     «#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&    £&%/«:,,,,
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,,:«/%&£## 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.               %/«:,,,,,,
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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.                #£&%/«:,,,
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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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,,:«/%&£## 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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