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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-=%
=-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-=
-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ -@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-=
-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
=-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-=
%=-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-=%