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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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