,&&,,,,&&,                                          &&,&&,&,&&
&&,&,,,&,&                                          &,&&,&&&&,
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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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