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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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§..§.§.§§.     -@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤    §.§.§.§.§.
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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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§..§.§.§§.    ¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@¤-@     §.§.§.§.§.
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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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