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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.                ¨¨§¨¨§§§§¨
§§¨¨§¨§¨§§                                          §¨§§¨§¨¨¨§
¨¨§¨§§§§§¨ 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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