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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.                #@£%†\~.¨¨
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¨¨.~\†%£@# 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.               #@£%†\~.¨¨
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¨¨.~\†%£@# 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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