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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 ......~»^†
$†^»~.....               POWERLINES.                .....~»^†$
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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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