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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 ¨¨¨¨¨^~*&#
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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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