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........»: %»# SUCKING TRANSFORMER %»# :»........
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......»:%% »#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#% %%:»......
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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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........»: »#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#% :»........
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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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