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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.               #¤/~......
.:~/*¤§#@#                                          #@#§¤*/~:.
.:~/*¤§#@@ 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. #§*/~.....
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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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