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...««:%%§§ %«@ SUCKING TRANSFORMER %«@ §§%%:««...
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..«:^%§@@# «@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@% #@@§%^:«..
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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. @§§§%^:«..
......«^§@ @§^«......
..«:^%§@## 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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