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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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¨~=;*$¤@## AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ##@¤$*;=~¨
¨¨¨¨==;*$@ =VERY BIG=. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE @$*;==¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~;;;$@ NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT @$;;;~~¨¨¨
¨~=;;;$¤@@ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE @@¤$;;;=~¨
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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 #¤*=~~~¨¨¨
¨~=;*$¤@## METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ##@¤$*;=~¨
¨~=;*$¤@## NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ##@¤$*;=~¨
¨~=;*$¤@## CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ##@¤$*;=~¨
¨~=;*$@### BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ###@$*;=~¨
¨~=;*$¤@## ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ##@¤$*;=~¨
¨~=;$¤@### COLLIDING. ###@¤$;=~¨
¨~=;*$¤@## ##@¤$*;=~¨
¨~=;*$¤@## WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ##@¤$*;=~¨
¨~=;*$¤@## GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ##@¤$*;=~¨
¨¨¨¨=;*¤@@ 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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