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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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