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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. ¨¨¨,-:^£¶@
¶£^:-,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,-:^£¶
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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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