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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 ,,,,:~:*%§
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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 ,,,,,,,,:~
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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 ,,,:~:*%§#
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§%*:~:,,,, 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 ,,,,,:~:*%
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