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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. ¤¤¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¤
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