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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. ¨¨,-^†§@##
#@§†^-,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,-^†§@#
@§†^-,¨¨¨¨ §-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-# ¨¨¨¨,-^†§@
§†^-,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,-^†§
†^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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