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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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,,,,,,,,&& 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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