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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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¨.~†*$@¶##                                          ##¶@$*†~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.†$@# THE  RAILPEOPLE  ARE  IN   GENERAL  VERY #@$†.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~†*$@¶##    SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND     ##¶@$*†~.¨
¨.~†*$@¶¶# MACHINES,   SO   ALSO   WITH   THE  THIS #¶¶@$*†~.¨
¨.~††***$@ TRANSFORMER.  WHAT  WE  KNOW IS WHAT  WE @$***††~.¨
¨¨...†$$$¶               CAN OBSERVE.               ¶$$$†...¨¨
¨.~†*$@¶##                                          ##¶@$*†~.¨
¨.~†*@¶### 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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