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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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,^~/^§§###    ~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§     ###§§^/~^,
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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.                #§^/~^,,,,
,^~/^§####                                          ####§^/~^,
,,,~///§§# 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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,^~/^§§###    §~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#     ###§§^/~^,
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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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,^^^^^^/^§                                          §^/^^^^^^,
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