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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.«
.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ @«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«#@«# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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