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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
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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 ^-,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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 %^-,,,,,,,
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