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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 #¤¤^^^†~,¨
¨,~†^^^$¤# ~VERY BIG~. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE #¤$^^^†~,¨
¨,~†^$¤### NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ###¤$^†~,¨
¨¨¨¨,††$## ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ##$††,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~†$¤# RARER KIND. #¤$†~~¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨,†$# THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY #$†,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,,†$¤# SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND #¤$†,,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~^$¤¤# MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS #¤¤$^~,¨¨¨
¨,~†^$¤### TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ###¤$^†~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨~†$$¤ CAN OBSERVE. ¤$$†~¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~†^^^¤¤# #¤¤^^^†~,¨
¨¨¨¨~~††$# A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY #$††~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,†††^^¤ 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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