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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. #§%%«.....
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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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