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*~-....... %~@ Sucking Transformer %~@ .......-~*
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-......... ~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@% .........-
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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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