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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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