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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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