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.....,~\*§ §*\~,.....
......,~\* #§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~ *\~,......
.......,~\ §#~ §#~ \~,.......
......,~\* §~# Sucking Transformer §~# *\~,......
.....,~\*§ ~§# ~§# §*\~,.....
....,~\*§# ~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§ #§*\~,....
...,~\*§## ##§*\~,...
..,~\*§### A Type Of Transformer (An Electrical ###§*\~,..
.,~\*§#### Component) Found Mainly Along Railway ####§*\~,.
..,~\*§### Lines. They'Re Usually Mounted Halfway ###§*\~,..
...,~\*§## Between The Rails And The Overhead ##§*\~,...
....,~\*§# Powerlines. #§*\~,....
.....,~\*§ §*\~,.....
......,~\* 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. #§*\~,....
...,~\*§## ##§*\~,...
..,~\*§### ~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§ ###§*\~,..
.,~\*§#### ####§*\~,.
..,~\*§### 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. #§*\~,....
...,~\*§## ##§*\~,...
..,~\*§### §~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~# ###§*\~,..
.,~\*§#### ####§*\~,.
..,~\*§### 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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