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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. ¨@¨@@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ ¨@¨¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ 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. ¨@¨@@¨@¨@¨
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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. ¨@¨¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ ¨@¨@@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ 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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