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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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