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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. ¨¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨ &¨¨¨¨&¨&&¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨ 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. &¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨
¨&¨&&¨¨¨¨¨ ¨&¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨
¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨ =#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§=#§ ¨¨&¨¨¨¨&¨¨
¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨¨ &¨¨&¨¨¨¨&¨
¨¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨ 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. ¨¨&¨¨&¨¨&¨
¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨& ¨¨¨&¨¨&¨¨&
&¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨ 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. &¨¨&¨&&¨¨¨
¨¨&¨¨&¨¨&¨ &&¨¨¨&&&¨¨
¨¨¨&¨¨&¨¨& 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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¨&&&¨¨&¨&& ¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨¨
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