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¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §§¨§¨¨§§¨¨
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¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§    #§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«     §§§¨¨¨§¨§¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨     §#«                           §#«    ¨¨§¨¨§§§§¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨    §«#    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    §«#     ¨§§¨§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§¨§¨§     «§#                           «§#    §¨§§§¨¨§¨§
¨§¨¨§§§§§§    «#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§     §§¨¨§¨§§§¨
§§¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§§¨¨§¨
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§ 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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