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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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