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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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