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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. ¤¤¤¨¤¨¤¤¤¨
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¤¤¨¤¤¤¤¤¨¨ -#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#& ¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¤¨¤
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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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¨¨¨¤¤¨¨¨¨¨ &-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-# ¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¤¨¤
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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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