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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. ¤¨¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤
¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¨¨ ¨¨¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¨
¤¤¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¤ 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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