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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. .^«;†%#@##
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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 .^«;†%####
##@#%†;«^. SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. .^«;†%#@##
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