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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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