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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 ###@%%;-.¨
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¨.-;%%@### THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY ###@%%;-.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.;%%@ SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND @%%;.¨¨¨¨¨
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¨.-;%%@### 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. ##@%%;;-.¨
¨.-;%%@### ###@%%;-.¨
¨.-;%%@### 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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