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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. #@¶#$†^-,¨
¨¨,-^†$#¶@ @¶#$†^-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-^†$#¶ -@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$ ¶#$†^-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-^†$# #$†^-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-^†$ 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. $†^-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^† †^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^ $-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@ ^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,- -,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,- SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. -,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^ ^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^† †^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-^†$ $†^-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-^†$# #$†^-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-^†$#¶ ¶#$†^-,¨¨¨