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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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..,~*$##@#     ~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$    #@##$*~,..
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..,~*$##@# 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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