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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. §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨ §§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ 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. §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§ ¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ 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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