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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.                ,,^~:†%@@@
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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.                ,,,^~:†%@@
@%†:~^,,,,                                          ,,,,^~:†%@
%†:~^,,,,, 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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