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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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