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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. ¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨
¨&¨¨&&&&¨¨ ¨¨¨&¨¨&¨¨¨
&&¨&¨¨¨&¨& ¨¨&&¨&&¨¨¨
¨&&&¨¨&&&¨ ¨&¨&&¨&¨¨&
&¨¨&¨&¨¨&& &&&¨&&&¨&&
&¨&&&&¨&¨¨ ¨¨&&¨¨&&¨¨