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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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