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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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