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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.               #@#&§*:«:.
.:««««**§&                                          &§**««««:.
.....:::§# 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.                &§***::...
..::«::§#@                                          @#§::«::..
.:«:*§&#@# 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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