¨¨¨¨¨^-;%&                                          &%;-^¨¨¨¨¨
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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 &%;-^¨¨¨¨¨
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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   #£&%;-^¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨^-;%&                                          &%;-^¨¨¨¨¨
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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 %;-^¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨^-;%&£#                COLLIDING.                #£&%;-^¨¨¨
¨¨^-;%&£##                                          ##£&%;-^¨¨
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¨¨^-;%&£## 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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¨¨¨¨¨^-;%&                                          &%;-^¨¨¨¨¨
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