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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.               ,^~†===@¶#
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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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¶&=~~~^,,,     &~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#    ,,,^~~~=&¶
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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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