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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. .~«/%%@@¤¤
¤@%/««~... ...~««/%@¤
#¤¤@@%/«~. 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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#¤%/~..... @«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«# .....~/%¤#
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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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