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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. ¨¨.«:=%###
####%=:«.¨ ¨.«:=%####
###%=:«.¨¨ 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. ¨¨.«:=%###
##%=:«.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.«:=%##
###%=:«.¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨.«:=%##
###%=:«.¨¨ ¨¨.«:=%###
####%=:«.¨ 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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###%=:«.¨¨ %«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«# ¨¨.«:=%###
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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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