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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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.:~†^§§¶@@     ~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§    @@¶§§^†~:.
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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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.:~†^§§¶@#     §~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@    #@¶§§^†~:.
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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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