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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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