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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 ,,.~/^§&¶#
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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 ,,.~/^§&¶#
##¶&§^/~., 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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§^/~.,,,,, 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 ,.~/^§&¶##
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