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.#....#..#    $«@    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    $«@     #.........
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...#....#.    «@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$     ..#.......
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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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#...###... 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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