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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 #¤**†,....
.,«†*$¤### «VERY  BIG«.  INSTEAD,  NOT  AS MANY ARE ###¤$*†«,.
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.,«†*$¤###  ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE   ###¤$*†«,.
.,«†*$¤###                RARER KIND.               ###¤$*†«,.
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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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