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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. ¨¨¨¨:-†%§@
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%†-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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