.........- -.........
........-~ ~-........
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.....-~\&& &&\~-.....
....-~\&&@ @&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~ @&&\~-....
...-~\&&@@ &@~ &@~ @@&&\~-...
..-~\&&@@# &~@ Sucking Transformer &~@ #@@&&\~-..
.-~\&&@@## ~&@ ~&@ ##@@&&\~-.
..-~\&&@@# ~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@& #@@&&\~-..
...-~\&&@@ @@&&\~-...
....-~\&&@ 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 ..........
.......... Rarer Kind. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... ~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@& ..........
.......... ..........
.......... 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. &&\~-.....
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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. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... &~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@ ..........
.......... ..........
.......... 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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..-~\&&@@# #@@&&\~-..