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$**«~¨¨¨¨¨ A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ¨¨¨¨¨~«**$
#$**«~¨¨¨¨ COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY ¨¨¨¨~«**$#
##$**«~¨¨¨ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ¨¨¨~«**$##
###$**«~¨¨ BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD ¨¨~«**$###
####$**«~¨ POWERLINES. ¨~«**$####
###$**«~¨¨ ¨¨~«**$###
##$**«~¨¨¨ AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ¨¨¨~«**$##
#$**«~¨¨¨¨ «VERY BIG«. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ¨¨¨¨~«**$#
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**«~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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