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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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