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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.                ,,,,,,,^~:
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^,,,,,,,,, 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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,,,,,,,,,,    ~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@     ,,,,,,,,,,
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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.               ,,,,,,,^~:
%:~^,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,^~:%
@%:~^,,,,, 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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,,,,,,,,,,     @~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#    ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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