^=,....... .......,=^
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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. ....,=^^&§
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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. .......,=^
=,........ ........,=
,......... 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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#@§&^^=,.. ..,=^^&§@#
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