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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. §%*†~~....
.....~~†*% %*†~~.....
......~~†* ~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#% *†~~......
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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. ~~........
.......~~† †~~.......
......~~†* 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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