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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. ¨.~/%@£¶##
#¶£@%/~.¨¨                                          ¨¨.~/%@£¶#
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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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