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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.               ¶§§^††««^.
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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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