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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.                ##¶@*^«~..
...~«^*@¶#                                          #¶@*^«~...
....~«^*@¶ 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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