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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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