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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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##@§%†/«~¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~«/†
/«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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