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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. @@§§%*~~~¨
¨¨¨¨~*%%¤@ @¤%%*~¨¨¨¨
¨~~*%§¤@@# ~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§ #@@¤§%*~~¨
¨~~*%§¤@@@ @@@¤§%*~~¨
¨~~*%§¤@@@ 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. @@§§*~~~¨¨
¨~~*%§¤@@@ @@@¤§%*~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~%%¤ §~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@§~@ ¤%%~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~*%§§¤¤¤ ¤¤¤§§%*~~¨
¨~~*%§¤@@@ 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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