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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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§%/~^,,,,, 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. ,,,,^~/%§@
#@§%/~^,,, ,,,^~/%§@#
##@§%/~^,, 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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