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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. ^:«,......
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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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.....,«:^§ §«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«# §^:«,.....
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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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