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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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