,&&,&,&,,,                                          ,&,&,,,,,&
&,&&&&&,,&                                          &&&&,,,,&&
&&,,,,&,&&                                          ,,,&,,,&,,
,&,,,&&&,,                                          ,,&&,,&&,&
&&,,&,,&,,                                          ,&,&,&,&&&
,&,&&,&&,,    #%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-     &&&&&&&,,,
&&&,&&,&,&    %#-                           %#-     ,,,,,,&,,,
,,&&,&&&&,    %-#    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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