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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~:
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~:
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ §~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
:~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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