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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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