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.......--\ %-@ SUCKING TRANSFORMER %-@ \--.......
......--\$ -%@ -%@ $\--......
.....--\$% -@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@% %$\--.....
....--\$%¤ ¤%$\--....
...--\$%¤@ A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL @¤%$\--...
..--\$%¤@# COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY #@¤%$\--..
.--\$%¤@## LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ##@¤%$\--.
..--\$%¤@# BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD #@¤%$\--..
...--\$%¤@ POWERLINES. @¤%$\--...
....--\$%¤ ¤%$\--....
.....--\$% AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE %$\--.....
......--\$ -VERY BIG-. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE $\--......
.......--\ NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT \--.......
........-- ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE --........
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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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...--\$%¤@ %-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@ @¤%$\--...
..--\$%¤@# #@¤%$\--..
.--\$%¤@## 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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