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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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