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#¶&$/«^,,,                                          ,,,^«/$&¶#
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##¶&$/«^,,     #£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«    ,,^«/$&¶##
#¶&$/«^,,,    £#«                           £#«     ,,,^«/$&¶#
¶&$/«^,,,,     £«#    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    £«#    ,,,,^«/$&¶
&$/«^,,,,,     «£#                           «£#    ,,,,,^«/$&
$/«^,,,,,,    «#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£     ,,,,,,^«/$
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«^,,,,,,,, A  TYPE OF  TRANSFORMER  (AN  ELECTRICAL ,,,,,,,,^«
/«^,,,,,,,  COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY   ,,,,,,,^«/
$/«^,,,,,,  LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY  ,,,,,,^«/$
&$/«^,,,,, BETWEEN  THE  RAILS  AND  THE   OVERHEAD ,,,,,^«/$&
¶&$/«^,,,,               POWERLINES.                ,,,,^«/$&¶
#¶&$/«^,,,                                          ,,,^«/$&¶#
##¶&$/«^,, AS  FAR  AS TRANSFORMERS  GO, THESE  ARE ,,^«/$&¶##
###¶&$/«^, «VERY  BIG«.  INSTEAD,  NOT AS  MANY ARE ,^«/$&¶###
##¶&$/«^,,     NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT      ,,^«/$&¶##
#¶&$/«^,,,  ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE   ,,,^«/$&¶#
¶&$/«^,,,,                RARER KIND.               ,,,,^«/$&¶
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$/«^,,,,,,    «#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£     ,,,,,,^«/$
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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.                ,,,,,,,^«/
«^,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,^«
/«^,,,,,,, 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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