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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. %^~-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~^ ^~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ 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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