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.-«:$§¤#@#    @§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«     #@#¤§$:«-.
.-«:$§¤#@@     §@«                           §@«    @@#¤§$:«-.
.-«:$§¤#@@    §«@    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    §«@     @@#¤§$:«-.
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.-«:$§¤#@@    «@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§     @@#¤§$:«-.
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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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.-«:$§¤#@#    §«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@     #@#¤§$:«-.
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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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