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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. ¶@§*†~¨¨¨¨
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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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