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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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#@%*:~^,,, 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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