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,,-*$§§£@#     @§-@§-@§-@§-@§-@§-@§-@§-@§-@§-@§-    #@£§§$*-,,
,,-*$§§§£@     §@-                           §@-    @£§§§$*-,,
,,-*$§§£@#     §-@    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    §-@    #@£§§$*-,,
,,-*$§§@##    -§@                           -§@     ##@§§$*-,,
,,-*$§£@##    -@§-@§-@§-@§-@§-@§-@§-@§-@§-@§-@§     ##@£§$*-,,
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,,-*$§§§§@ A  TYPE  OF  TRANSFORMER  (AN ELECTRICAL @§§§§$*-,,
,,,,--*$§§  COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY   §§$*--,,,,
,,,,,**$$§  LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY  §$$**,,,,,
,,,--$§§§£ BETWEEN  THE  RAILS   AND  THE  OVERHEAD £§§§$--,,,
,,-*$§§£@#               POWERLINES.                #@£§§$*-,,
,,-*$§§£@#                                          #@£§§$*-,,
,,-*$§§££@ AS  FAR AS  TRANSFORMERS  GO, THESE  ARE @££§§$*-,,
,,-*$§§£@# -VERY  BIG-.  INSTEAD,  NOT AS  MANY ARE #@£§§$*-,,
,,,,,,,-$§      NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT     §$-,,,,,,,
,,-*$§§£@#   ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE  #@£§§$*-,,
,,,,-$$$$§               RARER KIND.                §$$$$-,,,,
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,,,,,,*$§£ THE   RAILPEOPLE  ARE  IN  GENERAL  VERY £§$*,,,,,,
,,,----*$§    SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND     §$*----,,,
,,-*$§§£@# MACHINES,   SO  ALSO   WITH   THE   THIS #@£§§$*-,,
,,-*$§£@## TRANSFORMER.  WHAT  WE  KNOW IS WHAT  WE ##@£§$*-,,
,,,,-$§§§§               CAN OBSERVE.               §§§§$-,,,,
,,-*$§§£@#                                          #@£§§$*-,,
,,-*$§§£@# A SUCKING TRANSFORMER  IS SURROUNDED  BY #@£§§$*-,,
,,-*$§§£@# TWO  SIGNS,  BOTH  AROUND  TWENTY   FOUR #@£§§$*-,,
,,-*$§§£££ METERS  TO EACH  SIDE  OF IT. TRANINS DO £££§§$*-,,
,,-*$§§£££ NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE  SIGNS DURING ANY £££§§$*-,,
,,,,,**§§§ CIRCUMSTANCES   -   IF  THE  CHOICE   IS §§§**,,,,,
,,-*$§§§§£ BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR  RUNNING INTO £§§§§$*-,,
,,-*$§§£@# ANOTHER TRAIN  JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER #@£§§$*-,,
,,,,,-**§£                COLLIDING.                £§**-,,,,,
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,,-*$§§§§§ WATER  AVOIDS  THEM.  IN LIGHT RAIN, THE §§§§§$*-,,
,,-*$§§£@# GROUND CLOSEST  TO A  TRANSFORMER  STAYS #@£§§$*-,,
,,,,**$§§§ DRY.  A  COMMON  SIGHT  IS  A  CREEK  OR §§§$**,,,,
,,,,,-*§§£    STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR.   £§§*-,,,,,
,,-*$§§§§§ GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT  §§§§§$*-,,
,,-*$§§£@# PLACED NEAR  TO LARGER BODIES OF  WATER. #@£§§$*-,,
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,,,,,,*§£@ THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL  ENVIRONMENT @£§*,,,,,,
,,-**$§§§£ IS  POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL £§§§$**-,,
,,-*$§§£@#    IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES.    #@£§§$*-,,
,,,,,,,-$§     SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO    §$-,,,,,,,
,,,,,-$$§@ AFFECT SPIRITS,  GIJINKAS,  AND EVEN THE @§$$-,,,,,
,,-*$§§£@#        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        #@£§§$*-,,
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