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##@§$%^~,. #$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~ .,~^%$§@##
#@§$%^~,.. $#~ $#~ ..,~^%$§@#
@§$%^~,... $~# SUCKING TRANSFORMER $~# ...,~^%$§@
§$%^~,.... ~$# ~$# ....,~^%$§
$%^~,..... ~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$ .....,~^%$
%^~,...... ......,~^%
^~,....... 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 ......,~^%
$%^~,..... RARER KIND. .....,~^%$
§$%^~,.... ....,~^%$§
@§$%^~,... ~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$ ...,~^%$§@
#@§$%^~,.. ..,~^%$§@#
##@§$%^~,. 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 ......,~^%
$%^~,..... GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS .....,~^%$
§$%^~,.... DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ....,~^%$§
@§$%^~,... STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ...,~^%$§@
#@§$%^~,.. GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ..,~^%$§@#
##@§$%^~,. PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. .,~^%$§@##
#@§$%^~,.. ..,~^%$§@#
@§$%^~,... $~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~# ...,~^%$§@
§$%^~,.... ....,~^%$§
$%^~,..... THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT .....,~^%$
%^~,...... 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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