,,~^$@§£##                                          ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#                                          #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##                                          ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#                                          #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##                                          ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#     @@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~    #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##     @@~                           @@~    ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#     @~@    Sucking Transformer    @~@    #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##     ~@@                           ~@@    ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#     ~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@    #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##                                          ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£# A  Type  Of Transformer  (An  Electrical #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##   Component) Found Mainly Along Railway  ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#  Lines. They'Re Usually Mounted Halfway  #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£## Between  The  Rails   And  The  Overhead ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#                Powerlines.               #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##                                          ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£# As  Far  As  Transformers Go, These  Are #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£## ~Very Big~.  Instead,  Not As  Many  Are ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#     Needed. Among All Rail-Adjacent      #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##  Artifacts/Symbols, They Belong To The   ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#                Rarer Kind.               #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##                                          ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#     ~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@    #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##                                          ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£# The  Railpeople  Are  In   General  Very #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##    Secretive About Their Symbols And     ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£# Machines,  So   Also   With   The   This #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£## Transformer. What We  Know  Is  What  We ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#               Can Observe.               #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##                                          ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£# A  Sucking Transformer Is Surrounded  By #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£## Two  Signs,  Both   Around  Twenty  Four ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£# Meters  To  Each Side  Of It. Tranins Do #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£## Not Stop Between These  Signs During Any ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£# Circumstances  -   If   The   Choice  Is #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£## Between Halting Within,  Or Running Into ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£# Another Train Just Outside, They  Prefer #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##                Colliding.                ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#                                          #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£## Water Avoids  Them. In  Light  Rain, The ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£# Ground Closest  To A  Transformer  Stays #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£## Dry.  A  Common  Sight  Is  A  Creek  Or ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#   Stream Making A Half-Circle Detour.    #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£## Generally, Sucking Transformers Are Not  ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£# Placed Near  To Larger  Bodies Of Water. #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##                                          ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#    @~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@@~@     #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##                                          ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£# Their  Function For The Rail Environment #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£## Is Poorly Understood.  They Seem To Pull ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#    In Stray Fields And Electricities.    #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##    Superstition Exist That They Also     ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£# Affect Spirits, Gijinkas,  And  Even The #£§@$^~,,,
,,~^$@§£##        Souls Of Living Creatures.        ##£§@$^~,,
,,,~^$@§£#                                          #£§@$^~,,,
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,,,~^$@§£#                                          #£§@$^~,,,
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