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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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