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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. ¨~»\^%§@##
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##@§%^\»~¨ 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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##@§%^\»~¨ »#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#% ¨~»\^%§@##
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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. ¨~»\^%§§§#
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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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