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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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,§,,,§§§,,     -#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%    §,,,§,§§,,
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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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