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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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##@^~,,,,, @»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»# ,,,,,~^@##
##¤@*^»,,, ,,,»^*@¤##
###¤@*^»~, 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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