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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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