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,,~†^&¤¤¤#                                          #¤¤¤&^†~,,
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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.                ####¤&†~,,
,,,,~~^&¤#                                          #¤&^~~,,,,
,,,,,~^¤¤# 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.               #&†††,,,,,
,,,,,†&&¤#                                          #¤&&†,,,,,
,,,,,,~^¤#    ~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&     #¤^~,,,,,,
,,~†^¤####                                          ####¤^†~,,
,,~†^&¤### 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. #&^~~~,,,,
,,~†^&¤###                                          ###¤&^†~,,
,,~†^&¤###     &~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#    ###¤&^†~,,
,,~†^&¤###                                          ###¤&^†~,,
,,~†^&¤### 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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,,~†^&¤¤¤#                                          #¤¤¤&^†~,,
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