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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. ¨~~*=@§@@#
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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. ¨~~*=@§@@@
##@@@=*~~¨ ¨~~*=@@@##
§@=**~~¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨~~~~*@@@
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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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