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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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