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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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