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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.               .~~~~*§%&@
@@&§*-~...                                          ...~-*§&@@
@%*-...... 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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