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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.                &&,,&&&&,,
&,,&,,&&,,                                          &,,,,&&,,&
,,,,,,,,,& 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.               ,,&&&&,,&&
,,&&,,&&&&                                          &,,&&,,,,&
,,,,,,,&&, 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. ,,&&,,,,,,
,&,,,,&&&&                                          ,,,,,&&&&,
,,,&&,,&&,    $«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#     &&&&,,&&,,
&&,,,,,,,,                                          &&&,,,,,,&
&,,&&&&&&& 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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