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..«\*%#¶##    %#«                           %#«     ##¶#%*\«..
..«\*%#¶##     %«#    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    %«#    ##¶#%*\«..
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..«\*%#¶##     «#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%    ##¶#%*\«..
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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.               ¶#**\«....
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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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..«\*%#¶##    %«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#     ##¶#%*\«..
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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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