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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.                ,,,###,,#,
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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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