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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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##########     %~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@    ##########
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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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