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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ «#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«/†
¤†/«^¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨^«/†¤
¤¤†/«^¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«
/«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«/
†/«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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