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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. &,&,&,,&,&
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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. &,&,&,,&,&
,&,&,,&,,& &,&,&,&&,&
,&,&,&&,&& %»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»# &,&,&,,&,&
,&,&,,&,,& &,&,&,&&,&
,&,&,&&,&& 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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