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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 §§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
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¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨ «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 ¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨§
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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 §¨¨¨§§§§¨§
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