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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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,.~*§%§###     ~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%    ###§%§*~.,
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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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