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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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@,@@,,@,@,     «#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£    ,@,@,@,,@,
@,,@,@@,@,                                          ,@,@,@,@@,
@,@@,,@,@, 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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@,@@,,@,@,     £«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#    ,@,@,@,,@,
@,,@,@@,@,                                          ,@,@,@,@@,
@,@@,,@,@, 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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