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,^~\$%@£##     %~#    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    %~#    ##£@%$\~^,
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,,,,,^~$@£ 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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