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,,,,,^-%*#    #*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-     #*%-^,,,,,
,^-^%*####     *#-                           *#-    ####*%^-^,
,,,,,^-^*#     *-#    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    *-#    #*^-^,,,,,
,,^-^^^*##    -*#                           -*#     ##*^^^-^,,
,^-^%*####    -#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*     ####*%^-^,
,^-^%*####                                          ####*%^-^,
,^-^%*#### A  TYPE  OF  TRANSFORMER (AN  ELECTRICAL ####*%^-^,
,,,,,^-%*#   COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY  #*%-^,,,,,
,^--^^^%##  LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY  ##%^^^--^,
,^-^%***## BETWEEN  THE   RAILS  AND  THE  OVERHEAD ##***%^-^,
,,,,-^^%##                POWERLINES.               ##%^^-,,,,
,^-^%*####                                          ####*%^-^,
,^-^%*#### 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.               ####*%^-^,
,^-^%**###                                          ###**%^-^,
,^-^%*####     -#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*    ####*%^-^,
,^-^%*####                                          ####*%^-^,
,^-^%*#### 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.               ###**%^-^,
,,,-^^**##                                          ##**^^-,,,
,^-^%*#### 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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