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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.                ¨:«*%@§¶##
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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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