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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.                §¨¨§§§¨§¨¨
§§§¨¨§¨§¨§                                          §§¨§¨¨§§§¨
§¨¨§¨§§§§§     «@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@    ¨¨§§§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨§§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§§§¨§
§§§§¨¨§¨¨¨ 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.                ¨¨¨¨§§§§§§
¨¨§§¨§§§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨ 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. §§§¨¨§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨§§
¨¨¨§¨§§§¨¨     @«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@    §¨¨§§§¨§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§§¨§
§¨¨§¨¨§¨§§ 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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