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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.               ##@#%*;«^,
,^«;*%#@##                                          ##@#%*;«^,
,,,«;***#@ 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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