§§§§%*†~:¨                                          ¨:~†*%§§§§
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#@¶§%*†~:¨                                          ¨:~†*%§¶@#
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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.               ¨:~†*%§¶##
##¶§%*†~:¨                                          ¨:~†*%§¶##
§§*††~¨¨¨¨    ~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%     ¨¨¨¨~††*§§
¶¶§**~:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:~**§¶¶
#@¶§%*†~:¨ 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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