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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 $§:«^.....
......^«:§ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS §:«^......
.......^«: TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE :«^.......
........^« CAN OBSERVE. «^........
.........^ ^.........
.......... A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY ..........
.......... TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ..........
.......... METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ..........
.........^ NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ^.........
........^« CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS «^........
.......^«: BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO :«^.......
......^«:§ ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER §:«^......
.....^«:§$ 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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