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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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##§@**«,¨¨ 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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##§@**«,¨¨ 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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