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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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.-«/†††§§# 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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