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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. ,,&&,,,,&&
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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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&&&,,&&&&& ¤»@¤»@¤»@¤»@¤»@¤»@¤»@¤»@¤»@¤»@¤»@ &&&&&&,,&&
&&,,,,&&&& ,&&&&,,,,&
&,,&&,,&&, 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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