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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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