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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.                ¨¨¨¨^†=¤@#
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@¤¤†^¨¨¨¨¨ 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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###§¤=†~^¨     ¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#    ¨^~†=¤§###
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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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