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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 ¨¨¨¨^†=*¤@
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#@@¤*=†^¨¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ¨¨^†=*¤@@#
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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 ¨¨^†=*¤@@#
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@¤*=†^¨¨¨¨ 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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