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¨¨¨¨¨,~^§% %~@ SUCKING TRANSFORMER %~@ %§^~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^§ ~%@ ~%@ §^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^ ~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@% ^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, 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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¨,~^§%&£## ~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@% ##£&%§^~,¨
¨¨,~^§%&£# #£&%§^~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~^§%&£ 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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