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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.                ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ 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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