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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 ¨##¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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#¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ¨##¨¨#####
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####¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY ¨¨##¨¨##¨¨
¨##¨¨####¨ SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨##¨¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ##########
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¨¨##¨¨#### 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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########## $-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@ ##########
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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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