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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 .......,~/
$/~,......    Secretive About Their Symbols And     ......,~/$
%$/~,..... Machines,   So   Also   With  The   This .....,~/$%
@%$/~,.... Transformer. What  We  Know  Is What  We ....,~/$%@
¶@%$/~,...               Can Observe.               ...,~/$%@¶
@¶@%$/~,..                                          ..,~/$%@¶@
#@¶@%$/~,. A  Sucking  Transformer Is Surrounded By .,~/$%@¶@#
@¶@%$/~,.. Two   Signs,  Both  Around  Twenty  Four ..,~/$%@¶@
¶@%$/~,... Meters  To  Each  Side Of It. Tranins Do ...,~/$%@¶
@%$/~,.... Not Stop Between These Signs  During Any ....,~/$%@
%$/~,..... Circumstances   -   If   The  Choice  Is .....,~/$%
$/~,...... Between Halting Within, Or  Running Into ......,~/$
/~,....... 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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