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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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#@§*=^=-¨¨ =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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#@§*=^=-¨¨ 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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##@§*=^=-¨ 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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