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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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.&...&.... -@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@%-@% &&..&...&.
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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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