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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.               ###@%**=,.
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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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