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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.                ¨¨¨¨~*^%%§
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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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