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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 ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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