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.,~†§&&###    #&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~     ###&&§†~,.
.,~†§&&###     &#~                           &#~    ###&&§†~,.
.,~†§&&###    &~#    Sucking Transformer    &~#     ###&&§†~,.
.....,†&&#     ~&#                           ~&#    #&&†,.....
.....,††&&    ~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&     &&††,.....
.,~†§&&###                                          ###&&§†~,.
.,~†§§&&&# 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.               &&&§~.....
....~§§&&#                                          #&&§§~....
.,~†§&&###     ~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&    ###&&§†~,.
.,,~†§&&##                                          ##&&§†~,,.
.....,~§&& 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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.,~†§&&&&#     &~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#    #&&&&§†~,.
.,~†§&&###                                          ###&&§†~,.
.,~†§&&### 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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