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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.               §§§§§¨¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨
§§¨§§§§¨§¨ 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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¨§¨§§§¨§¨§     £-#£-#£-#£-#£-#£-#£-#£-#£-#£-#£-#    §¨§§§§§§§§
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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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