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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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########## 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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