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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.                #*//~^¨¨¨¨
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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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