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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=^
$^=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=^$
$$^=,¨¨¨¨¨ COLLIDING. ¨¨¨¨¨,=^$$
§$$^=,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,=^$$§
#§$$^=,¨¨¨ WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ¨¨¨,=^$$§#
##§$$^=,¨¨ GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ¨¨,=^$$§##
###§$$^=,¨ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ¨,=^$$§###
##§$$^=,¨¨ STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ¨¨,=^$$§##
#§$$^=,¨¨¨ GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ¨¨¨,=^$$§#
§$$^=,¨¨¨¨ PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ¨¨¨¨,=^$$§
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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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