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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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§§¨¨§§§§§§ ~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#% ¨¨¨§§§§§¨¨
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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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