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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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