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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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