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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. #§%§:«,,,,
,,,«:§%§## ##§%§:«,,,
,,«:§%§### 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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