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...--*$%§@     -%#                           -%#    @§%$*--...
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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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....--*$%§ As  Far As  Transformers  Go, These  Are §%$*--....
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....--*$%§      Needed. Among All Rail-Adjacent     §%$*--....
...--*$%§@   Artifacts/Symbols, They Belong To The  @§%$*--...
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.....--*$%    Secretive About Their Symbols And     %$*--.....
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...--*$%§@ Transformer.  What  We  Know  Is What We @§%$*--...
..--*$%§@#               Can Observe.               #@§%$*--..
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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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....--*$%§ Their Function For The Rail  Environment §%$*--....
.....--*$% Is Poorly Understood. They  Seem To Pull %$*--.....
....--*$%§    In Stray Fields And Electricities.    §%$*--....
...--*$%§@    Superstition Exist That They Also     @§%$*--...
..--*$%§@# Affect Spirits,  Gijinkas, And Even  The #@§%$*--..
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