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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 .~-;%*¤@##
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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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