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¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨ $#= $#= ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨ $=# SUCKING TRANSFORMER $=# §§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ =$# =$# ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨ =#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$ §§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨ 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. §§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨ =#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$=#$ §§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨ 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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