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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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#@@§%*/~,, ~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@% ,,~/*%§@@#
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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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%*/~,,,,,, %~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@ ,,,,,,~/*%
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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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