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§§§¨¨§¨§¨¨ @~# SUCKING TRANSFORMER @~# ¨§¨§§§§§§§
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¨§§§¨¨¨§¨§ ~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@ ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. §§§§§¨¨¨¨§
§§¨§¨§§¨§§ ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§
¨§§§§¨§§¨¨ ~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@ ¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨
§¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨ ¨¨§¨§¨§§¨¨
§¨¨§¨§§§¨§ 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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