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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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¤¤,,,,,,¤¤ 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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