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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. ....&....&
..&&.....& ...&&...&.
.&.&....&& $»#$»#$»#$»#$»#$»#$»#$»#$»#$»#$»# ..&.&..&&.
&&&&...&.& .&&&&.&.&.
...&..&&&. 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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