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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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.....###..     $-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#    ..###..#..
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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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