,&,,&,&&&,                                          &&&,&,&,&,
&&,&&&,,&,                                          ,,&&&&&&&,
,&&,,&,&&,                                          ,&,,,,,,&&
&,&,&&&,&&                                          &&,,,,,&,&
&&&&,,&&,&                                          ,&,,,,&&&,
,,,&,&,&&,     #$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~    &&,,,&,,&&
,,&&&&&,&&    $#~                           $#~     ,&,,&&,&,&
,&,,,,&&,,    $~#    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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