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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. ¤¤..¤.....
..¤..¤.... .¤¤..¤....
...¤..¤... 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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