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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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