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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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