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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 .@@@@.....
.....@@..@ 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. @@@@..@@..
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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. .@@@@.....
..@@@..... ..@@..@@@@
...@..@@@@ 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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