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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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