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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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