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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.                ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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