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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.               #@¶¤§†\«^.
..^«\†§¤¤¤                                          ¤¤¤§†\«^..
.^«\†§¤¶@# 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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.^«\†§¤¶@@     «@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§    @@¶¤§†\«^.
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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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.^«\†§¤¶@@    §«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@     @@¶¤§†\«^.
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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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