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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.               ,,~-\†%&£#
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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.                ,~-\†%&£##
#£&%†\-~,,                                          ,,~-\†%&£#
##£&%†\-~, 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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