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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. ¨,«^^&@###
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨««^&#
#@&&^«¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨«^&&@#
##@&&^^«,¨ &«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«# ¨,«^^&&@##
#@&&^«,,¨¨ ¨¨,,«^&&@#
@@&^^«¨¨¨¨ 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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