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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. ¨¤¤¨¤¨¨¤¨¤
¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨ ¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¤
¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ 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. ¨¤¤¨¤¨¨¤¨¤
¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨ ¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¤
¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ %~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~# ¨¤¤¨¤¨¨¤¨¤
¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨ ¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¤
¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ 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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