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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. #§^^^^:~,,
,,,,:^**## ##**^:,,,,
,,~:::*§## *~#*~#*~#*~#*~#*~#*~#*~#*~#*~#*~# ##§*:::~,,
,,~:^*§### ###§*^:~,,
,,~:^*§### 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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