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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.                @&$†/«~...
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.....~«/†$    «#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$     $†/«~.....
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...~«/†$&@ 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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