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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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*=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨^~=*%&##
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##&%*=~^¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=*
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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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