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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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...-«:^*§¶    «@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*     ¶§*^:«-...
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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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...-«:^*§¶     *«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@    ¶§*^:«-...
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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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