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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. .....~=/^*
^/=~...... ......~=/^
/=~....... 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. ...~=/^*@#
##@*^/=~.. ..~=/^*@##
###@*^/=~. 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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