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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.                §,§,§,§,§,
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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. §,§,§,§,§,
§,§,§,§,§,                                          §,§,§,§,§,
§,§,§,§,§,     $«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@    §,§,§,§,§,
§,§,§,§,§,                                          §,§,§,§,§,
§,§,§,§,§, 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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