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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 ....-=\†§§
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#¶§§†\=-.. ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ..-=\†§§¶#
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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. ....-=\†§§
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¶§§†\=-... 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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