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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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##@&$%/~,¨ THE  RAILPEOPLE  ARE   IN  GENERAL  VERY ¨,~/%$&@##
##@&$%/~,¨     SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND    ¨,~/%$&@##
@$$%~¨¨¨¨¨ MACHINES,   SO   ALSO   WITH   THE  THIS ¨¨¨¨¨~%$$@
##@&$%/~,¨ TRANSFORMER. WHAT  WE KNOW  IS  WHAT  WE ¨,~/%$&@##
##@&$%/~,¨               CAN OBSERVE.               ¨,~/%$&@##
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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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&%/,,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,,/%&
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