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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.               *===^.....
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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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...^===*§¶ 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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