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¨¨¨§§¨§§§¨ A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL §§§§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§§§¨§¨§§§ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§§§§¨¨§ BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§
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§¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT §¨§§¨¨§§§¨
§¨¨§§§¨§¨¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE §§¨§¨§¨¨§§
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§§¨§¨§§§¨¨ THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY §¨§¨§§§§§¨
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§¨¨¨§¨§§§¨ 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 §§¨§§§¨¨§§
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¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR §¨§¨§§§§§¨
¨§§¨¨§§§§§ STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. §§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§ GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨
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¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§ THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ¨¨¨§§§¨§¨¨
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§¨§§¨¨¨§¨§ IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ¨§§¨§¨¨§¨§
§§¨§¨¨§§§§ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO §¨§§§¨§§§¨
¨§§§¨§¨¨¨¨ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE §§¨¨§§¨¨§§
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