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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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....:;;;&§ 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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