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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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