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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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¨¨¨¨~~†^¤§ 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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¨~~†^¤§@## 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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