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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.                ....§.§.§§
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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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