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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. .......^~*
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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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