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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. §¨§¨§¨§¨§§
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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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