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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. @@%^^««...
.......«%@ @%«.......
.......«%@ 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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