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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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¨^~~:::$§# ~VERY BIG~. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE #§$:::~~^¨
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¨¨^^~~:$$§ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE §$$:~~^^¨¨
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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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¨¨¨^:$%%## THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ##%%$:^¨¨¨
¨^~:$$$$§# IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL #§$$$$:~^¨
¨^~:$§#### IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ####§$:~^¨
¨^~:$%§### SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ###§%$:~^¨
¨^~:$%§### AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ###§%$:~^¨
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