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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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