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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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###¤$%:~^. THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY .^~:%$¤###
##¤¤$%:~^. SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND .^~:%$¤¤##
¤$$$$%:~^. MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS .^~:%$$$$¤
###¤$%:~^. TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE .^~:%$¤###
###¤$%:~^. CAN OBSERVE. .^~:%$¤###
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###¤$%:~^. A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY .^~:%$¤###
###¤$%:~^. TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR .^~:%$¤###
###¤$%:~^. METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO .^~:%$¤###
#¤¤%~..... NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY .....~%¤¤#
##¤¤$%:~^. CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS .^~:%$¤¤##
¤$%%~^^... BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ...^^~%%$¤
¤$%~...... ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ......~%$¤
#¤¤%~..... COLLIDING. .....~%¤¤#
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##$:^^^... WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ...^^^:$##
###¤$%:~^. GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS .^~:%$¤###
###¤$%:~^. DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR .^~:%$¤###
#¤%:~^.... STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ....^~:%¤#
#$$$%:~... 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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