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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 ........,~
=~,....... 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. ....,~=^%§
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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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=~,....... %~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~# .......,~=
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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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