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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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¨§§§¨§¨¨¨§ ¨§¨¨§§¨§§¨
¨§¨¨§§§¨¨§ 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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