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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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,§§§,§,§§, 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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