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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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