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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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