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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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§:»^¨¨¨¨¨¨ »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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨^»:§
:»^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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¶¤§:»^¨¨¨¨ GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ¨¨¨¨^»:§¤¶
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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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