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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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