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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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###&$===~. A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY .~===$&###
###&$===~. TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR .~===$&###
#&&&$===~. METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO .~===$&&&#
###&$===~. NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY .~===$&###
#&$====... CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ...====$&#
###&$===~. BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO .~===$&###
#&$=~..... ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER .....~=$&#
#$$==..... COLLIDING. .....==$$#
&$==~..... .....~==$&
&&====~... 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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