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.,~\*$####    #$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~     ####$*\~,.
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...,~\*$##     $~#    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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