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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. ¨¨¨¨^«†%§@
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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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