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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.               ¨,-*%$§@##
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##@§$%*-,¨ 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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##@§$%*-,¨     $-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#    ¨,-*%$§@##
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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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