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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. ##@¶¤*=»,¨
¨,»=**¤¶@# #@¶¤**=»,¨
¨,»=**¤¶## »@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@* ##¶¤**=»,¨
¨¨¨¨,»**¶@ @¶**»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,»=**¤@ 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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