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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. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ 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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