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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ %@» %@» ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ %»@ SUCKING TRANSFORMER %»@ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ »%@ »%@ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ »@%»@%»@%»@%»@%»@%»@%»@%»@%»@%»@% ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¤%^»,¨¨¨¨¨
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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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