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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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