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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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.:«†%¤§@##     ¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#    ##@§¤%†«:.
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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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