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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 «^........
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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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