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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. .....~~/^@
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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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