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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 §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
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