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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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