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.§...§§§§§     *=@    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    *=@    §...§.....
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.§.§§...§§     =@*=@*=@*=@*=@*=@*=@*=@*=@*=@*=@*    §.§.§....§
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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.               ...§§....§
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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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