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&*%†-¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨-†%*&
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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.                ¨^-†%*&@##
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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.   ¨¨¨^^^†%&@
#@@&*%†-^¨  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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&*%†-^^^^¨                                          ¨^^^^-†%*&
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