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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. ..^-:%§¤@#
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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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