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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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