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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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