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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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