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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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