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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. @@@@*^^»,¨
¨,»^^*@@#@ @#@@*^^»,¨
¨,»^^*@##@ *»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@ @##@*^^»,¨
¨¨¨¨,^^*#@ @#*^^,¨¨¨¨
¨,»^^*@#@# 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. #@#@*^^»,¨
¨,»^^*@@## ##@@*^^»,¨
¨,»^^*@#@# #@#@*^^»,¨
¨¨¨,»^^^@@ @@^^^»,¨¨¨
¨,»^^*@### ###@*^^»,¨
¨,»^^*@@@@ @@@@*^^»,¨