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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.               ###&%*:=^.
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.^=:**%%&# 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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^=:*%&¶###     %=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#    ###¶&%*:=^
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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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