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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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