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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. ,,«:^*#@##
##@#*^:«,, ,,«:^*#@##
##*:,,,,,, 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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