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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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........^~ ~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§ ~^........
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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. ###§†;~^..
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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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