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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 ¨¨¨¨¨-~†@#
@†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨-~†@#@#
##@#@†~-¨¨ ¨¨-~†@#@##
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