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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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