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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-=
/=-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-=/
$/=-¨¨¨¨¨¨ AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ¨¨¨¨¨¨-=/$
$$/=-¨¨¨¨¨ =VERY BIG=. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ¨¨¨¨¨-=/$$
§$$/=-¨¨¨¨ NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ¨¨¨¨-=/$$§
£§$$/=-¨¨¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ¨¨¨-=/$$§£
#£§$$/=-¨¨ RARER KIND. ¨¨-=/$$§£#
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-=
-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-=/
$/=-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨-=/$
$$/=-¨¨¨¨¨ WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ¨¨¨¨¨-=/$$
§$$/=-¨¨¨¨ GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ¨¨¨¨-=/$$§
£§$$/=-¨¨¨ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ¨¨¨-=/$$§£
#£§$$/=-¨¨ STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ¨¨-=/$$§£#
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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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