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@@@$:::«,¨     #&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«    ¨,«:::$@@@
@$$«,¨¨¨¨¨     &#«                           &#«    ¨¨¨¨¨,«$$@
###@&$:«,¨    &«#    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    &«#     ¨,«:$&@###
##¶@&$:«,¨     «&#                           «&#    ¨,«:$&@¶##
@@$$:«,¨¨¨    «#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&     ¨¨¨,«:$$@@
¶&&:,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,:&&¶
@$$«,¨¨¨¨¨ A  TYPE  OF  TRANSFORMER (AN  ELECTRICAL ¨¨¨¨¨,«$$@
##¶@&$:«,¨   COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY  ¨,«:$&@¶##
@@@@&$:«,¨  LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY  ¨,«:$&@@@@
##¶@&$:«,¨ BETWEEN  THE  RAILS  AND   THE  OVERHEAD ¨,«:$&@¶##
##¶@&$:«,¨               POWERLINES.                ¨,«:$&@¶##
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##¶@&$:«,¨ AS  FAR  AS TRANSFORMERS  GO, THESE  ARE ¨,«:$&@¶##
#@@&&$:«,¨ «VERY BIG«. INSTEAD,  NOT  AS  MANY  ARE ¨,«:$&&@@#
¶&:«««¨¨¨¨      NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT     ¨¨¨¨«««:&¶
##¶@&$:«,¨  ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE   ¨,«:$&@¶##
¶¶¶@&$:«,¨               RARER KIND.                ¨,«:$&@¶¶¶
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@@&:,,¨¨¨¨    «#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&     ¨¨¨¨,,:&@@
¶¶¶@&$:«,¨                                          ¨,«:$&@¶¶¶
#¶&:««¨¨¨¨ THE  RAILPEOPLE  ARE  IN   GENERAL  VERY ¨¨¨¨««:&¶#
@@$«,¨¨¨¨¨     SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND    ¨¨¨¨¨,«$@@
¶¶@&$:««,¨ MACHINES,  SO   ALSO   WITH   THE   THIS ¨,««:$&@¶¶
##¶@&$:«,¨ TRANSFORMER.  WHAT WE  KNOW  IS  WHAT WE ¨,«:$&@¶##
###¶@&$«,¨               CAN OBSERVE.               ¨,«$&@¶###
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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.                ¨¨¨¨¨,:&@@
¶@@@&$:«,¨                                          ¨,«:$&@@@¶
##¶@&$:«,¨ WATER  AVOIDS THEM.  IN  LIGHT RAIN, THE ¨,«:$&@¶##
¶¶@$««¨¨¨¨ GROUND CLOSEST TO  A  TRANSFORMER  STAYS ¨¨¨¨««$@¶¶
##¶@&$:«,¨ DRY.  A  COMMON  SIGHT  IS  A  CREEK  OR ¨,«:$&@¶##
##¶@&$:«,¨    STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR.   ¨,«:$&@¶##
##¶@&$:«,¨  GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ¨,«:$&@¶##
###¶@&$:«, PLACED NEAR  TO  LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ,«:$&@¶###
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###¶@$:«,¨    &«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#     ¨,«:$@¶###
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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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