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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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