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¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨
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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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