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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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.:~^†$#### ~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$ ####$†^~:.
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...:~^†$## 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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