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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. ¨-~;†&§###
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§††;-----¨ SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND ¨-----;††§
##&†~~¨¨¨¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨¨¨¨~~†&##
###§&†;~-¨ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ¨-~;†&§###
###§&†;~-¨ CAN OBSERVE. ¨-~;†&§###
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#&&&;;--¨¨ 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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