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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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