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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 ¨¨¨¨~****§
##*$~~¨¨¨¨ TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ¨¨¨¨~~$*##
#@#§*$*~,¨ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ¨,~*$*§#@#
#@#§*$*~,¨ NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ¨,~*$*§#@#
§$$$$$*~,¨ CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ¨,~*$$$$$§
#@#§*$*~,¨ BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ¨,~*$*§#@#
@#§**~,,¨¨ ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ¨¨,,~**§#@
#@#§*$*~,¨ COLLIDING. ¨,~*$*§#@#
#@#§*$*~,¨ ¨,~*$*§#@#
#@#§*$*~,¨ WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ¨,~*$*§#@#
@@#§*$*~,¨ GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ¨,~*$*§#@@
@#§**$*~,¨ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ¨,~*$**§#@
§$~,,¨¨¨¨¨ STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ¨¨¨¨¨,,~$§
@#***$*~,¨ GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ¨,~*$***#@
###§*$*~,¨ PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ¨,~*$*§###
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§***,,,,¨¨ THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ¨¨,,,,***§
#@#§*$*~,¨ IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ¨,~*$*§#@#
@§$~~,¨¨¨¨ IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ¨¨¨¨,~~$§@
##**$$*~,¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨,~*$$**##
#*$***,,,¨ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ¨,,,***$*#
##@#§*$*~, SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ,~*$*§#@##
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