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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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