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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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