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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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