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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. %*«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«*%* *%*«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«*%*@ 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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