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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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....^-:$$§ THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY §$$:-^....
...^-:$$§# SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND #§$$:-^...
..^-:$$§## MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ##§$$:-^..
.^-:$$§### TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ###§$$:-^.
..^-:$$§## CAN OBSERVE. ##§$$:-^..
...^-:$$§# #§$$:-^...
....^-:$$§ A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY §$$:-^....
.....^-:$$ TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR $$:-^.....
......^-:$ 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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