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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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§%:::::~,¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨~:%%*#
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