,&&,&,,,,,                                          &&,,,,,&&&
&,&&&,,,,,                                          ,&,,,,&,,&
&&,,&,,,,&                                          &&,,,&&,&,
,&,&&,,,&&                                          ,&,,&,&&&&
&&&,&,,&,,                                          &&,&&&,,,&
,,&&&,&&,,    @@»@@»@@»@@»@@»@@»@@»@@»@@»@@»@@»     ,&&,,&,,&,
,&,,&&,&,,     @@»                           @@»    &,&,&&,&&,
&&,&,&&&,,    @»@    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.                &,&,,&,&&&
&&,,&,,,,&                                          &&&,&&&,,,
,&,&&,,,&,    »@@»@@»@@»@@»@@»@@»@@»@@»@@»@@»@@     ,,&&,,&,,&
&&&,&,,&&,                                          ,&,&,&&,&&
,,&&&,&,&, 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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