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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  #,,,,#,,#,
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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 #,,,,,#,,#
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