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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. ¨¨¨¨--\&¤¶
¶¤¤¤&*\--¨ ¨--\*&¤¤¤¶
##@¶&*\--¨ -@&-@&-@&-@&-@&-@&-@&-@&-@&-@&-@& ¨--\*&¶@##
#@¶¤&*\--¨ ¨--\*&¤¶@#
¶¤&**--¨¨¨ 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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