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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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..,«†=¤&¶@    «@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤     @¶&¤=†«,..
.,«†=¤&¶@#                                          #@¶&¤=†«,.
..,«†=¤&¶@ 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.               =†«,......
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....,«†=¤& 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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