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,-=*$%####     #%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=    ####%$*=-,
,,-=*$%###    %#=                           %#=     ###%$*=-,,
,,,-=*$%##    %=#    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    %=#     ##%$*=-,,,
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,-=*$%####    =#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%     ####%$*=-,
,,-=*$%###                                          ###%$*=-,,
,,,-=*$%## A  TYPE  OF  TRANSFORMER (AN  ELECTRICAL ##%$*=-,,,
,,-=*$%###   COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY  ###%$*=-,,
,-=*$%####  LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY  ####%$*=-,
,,-=*$%### BETWEEN  THE   RAILS  AND  THE  OVERHEAD ###%$*=-,,
,,,-=*$%##                POWERLINES.               ##%$*=-,,,
,,-=*$%###                                          ###%$*=-,,
,-=*$%#### AS  FAR  AS TRANSFORMERS  GO, THESE  ARE ####%$*=-,
,,-=*$%### =VERY  BIG=.  INSTEAD,  NOT AS MANY  ARE ###%$*=-,,
,,,-=*$%##     NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT      ##%$*=-,,,
,,-=*$%###   ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE  ###%$*=-,,
,-=*$%####                RARER KIND.               ####%$*=-,
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,,,-=*$%##     =#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%    ##%$*=-,,,
,,-=*$%###                                          ###%$*=-,,
,-=*$%#### THE  RAILPEOPLE  ARE  IN   GENERAL  VERY ####%$*=-,
,,-=*$%###    SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND     ###%$*=-,,
,,,-=*$%## MACHINES,   SO   ALSO   WITH   THE  THIS ##%$*=-,,,
,,-=*$%### TRANSFORMER.  WHAT WE  KNOW  IS  WHAT WE ###%$*=-,,
,-=*$%####               CAN OBSERVE.               ####%$*=-,
,,-=*$%###                                          ###%$*=-,,
,,,-=*$%## A  SUCKING TRANSFORMER  IS SURROUNDED BY ##%$*=-,,,
,,-=*$%### TWO  SIGNS,   BOTH  AROUND  TWENTY  FOUR ###%$*=-,,
,-=*$%#### METERS TO  EACH  SIDE OF IT. TRANINS  DO ####%$*=-,
,,-=*$%### NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS  DURING ANY ###%$*=-,,
,,,-=*$%## CIRCUMSTANCES   -  IF   THE   CHOICE  IS ##%$*=-,,,
,,-=*$%### BETWEEN HALTING  WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ###%$*=-,,
,-=*$%#### ANOTHER TRAIN  JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ####%$*=-,
,,-=*$%###                COLLIDING.                ###%$*=-,,
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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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,-=*$%#### THEIR FUNCTION  FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ####%$*=-,
,,-=*$%### IS  POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ###%$*=-,,
,,,-=*$%##    IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES.    ##%$*=-,,,
,,-=*$%###    SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO     ###%$*=-,,
,-=*$%#### AFFECT SPIRITS,  GIJINKAS,  AND EVEN THE ####%$*=-,
,,-=*$%###        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        ###%$*=-,,
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