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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. #¤%%;~~~.¨
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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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¨.~;$%¶### WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ###¶%$;~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~~$¤ GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ¤$~~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨..~$¤¶ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ¶¤$~..¨¨¨¨
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¨.~;;;$%%¶ GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ¶%%$;;;~.¨
¨¨¨¨.;;%¤¤ PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ¤¤%;;.¨¨¨¨
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¨.~~~;;$¤¶ THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ¶¤$;;~~~.¨
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¨¨¨.~$$%¶# IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. #¶%$$~.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~;$¤ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¤$;~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~;$$$$¤¤ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ¤¤$$$$;~.¨
¨¨¨¨~;;$¤# SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. #¤$;;~¨¨¨¨
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