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,&&,&,,&&,                                          &&&,,,&,&,
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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.               &,&,,,,&&&
&,,&,,,,,,                                          &&&,,,&,,,
&,&&,,,,,&     «@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%    ,,&,,&&,,&
&&,&,,,,&&                                          ,&&,&,&,&,
,&&&,,,&,, 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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