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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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¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§