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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. ¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¤¨¨
¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¤ ¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¨
¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨¤ ~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@% ¤¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¤
¤¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨ ¤¤¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¨
¨¤¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¤¤¨¨¨¤¤¤¨
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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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