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*-^....... %-# SUCKING TRANSFORMER %-# .......^-*
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@¤%**-^... A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ...^-**%¤@
#@¤%**-^.. COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY ..^-**%¤@#
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**-^...... -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 ..^-**%¤@#
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#@¤%**-^.. TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ..^-**%¤@#
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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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