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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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