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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. ^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. §§=^~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~^=§ §=^~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^= 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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