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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. ##¶%^^«.¨¨
¨¨¨.«^^%¶# #¶%^^«.¨¨¨
¨¨.«^^%¶## 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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