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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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§§§$$^†~,. THE  RAILPEOPLE   ARE  IN  GENERAL  VERY .,~†^$$§§§
##@§$^†~,.    SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND     .,~†^$§@##
§$†,...... MACHINES,  SO   ALSO   WITH   THE   THIS ......,†$§
##@§$^†~,. TRANSFORMER.  WHAT WE  KNOW  IS WHAT  WE .,~†^$§@##
@@§§$^†~,.               CAN OBSERVE.               .,~†^$§§@@
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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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###@§^†~,. 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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