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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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