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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. ###%§*-,..
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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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