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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 ¨¨¨¨¨~~/*&
#@***$/~~¨ BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD ¨~~/$***@#
#&&$~~¨¨¨¨ POWERLINES. ¨¨¨¨~~$&
##@&*$/~~¨ ¨~~/$*&@##
##@&*$/~~¨ AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ¨~~/$*&@##
##@&*$/~~¨ ~VERY BIG~. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ¨~~/$*&@##
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###&*$/~~¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ¨~~/$*##
##@&*$/~~¨ RARER KIND. ¨~~/$*&@##
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##@&*$/~~¨ THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY ¨~~/$*&@##
##@&*$/~~¨ SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND ¨~~/$*&@##
###&*$/~~¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨~~/$*##
#@*$/~¨¨¨¨ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ¨¨¨¨~/$*@#
##@&*$/~~¨ CAN OBSERVE. ¨~~/$*&@##
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@*///~¨¨¨¨ A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY ¨¨¨¨~///*@
##@&*$/~~¨ TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ¨~~/$*&@##
##@&*$/~~¨ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ¨~~/$*&@##
##@&*$/~~¨ NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ¨~~/$*&@##
@&*$~~~¨¨¨ CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ¨¨¨~~~$*&@
###@&*$/~¨ BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ¨~/$*&@###
##@&*$/~~¨ ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ¨~~/$*&@##
@&$~¨¨¨¨¨¨ COLLIDING. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~$&@
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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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