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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. ¨,~:%&§##@
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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. ¨,~:%&§#@@
@§&%~,,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,,~%&§@
§§&%%::~,¨ 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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###§&%:~,¨ ¨,~:%&§###
@#§%%%:~,¨ 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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