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,,,.~/%%@#    #%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~     #@%%/~.,,,
,,,,.~/%%@     %#~                           %#~    @%%/~.,,,,
,,,,,.~/%%    %~#    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    %~#     %%/~.,,,,,
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,,,.~/%%@#    ~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%     #@%%/~.,,,
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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.                @%%/~.,,,,
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,,,,.~/%%@ 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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