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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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