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#@#§&%:«~.    @&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«     .~«:%&§#@#
#@#§&%:«~.    &@«                           &@«     .~«:%&§#@#
#@#§&%:«~.    &«@    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    &«@     .~«:%&§#@#
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###§&%:«~.    «@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&     .~«:%&§###
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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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