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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.                */~,......
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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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