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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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