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§§¨§¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
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§§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨     §#=                           §#=    §¨§¨¨§§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨     §=#    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    §=#    §§§§¨§¨§§§
¨§¨§§¨¨§¨§     =§#                           =§#    ¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨
¨§§§¨§¨§§§    =#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§     ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨§§§§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§§¨¨§§
§§§¨§¨¨¨§¨ 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.                ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
§§§¨§¨§§§¨                                          §§§§§§§§¨§
¨¨¨§§§§¨¨§     =#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§¨§§¨¨§§§ 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.               §§¨§¨§¨¨§§
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§                                          §¨§§§§§¨§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨§¨§ 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. ¨§§§§¨¨§¨¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§     §=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#    ¨§§¨¨§§§¨§
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§¨                                          §§¨§¨§¨¨§§
§§§§¨§¨¨§§ 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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