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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. ¨~~;**$$#@
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##@#$*;~~¨ THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY ¨~~;*$#@##
####$*;~~¨ SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND ¨~~;*$####
##@#$*;~~¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨~~;*$#@##
###*;~¨¨¨¨ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ¨¨¨¨~;*###
##@#$*;~~¨ CAN OBSERVE. ¨~~;*$#@##
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##$**~~¨¨¨ A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY ¨¨¨~~**$##
##@#$*;~~¨ TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ¨~~;*$#@##
#*~~~~~~¨¨ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ¨¨~~~~~~*#
##@#$*;~~¨ NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ¨~~;*$#@##
##@#$*;~~¨ CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ¨~~;*$#@##
@@@#$*;~~¨ BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ¨~~;*$#@@@
@#$***;~~¨ ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ¨~~;***$#@
##@#$*;~~¨ COLLIDING. ¨~~;*$#@##
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##@#$*;~~¨ WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ¨~~;*$#@##
@@$**;;~~¨ GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ¨~~;;**$@@
###*~~~¨¨¨ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ¨¨¨~~~*###
@$$;~~~~~¨ 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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