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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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......^$## AS FAR  AS  TRANSFORMERS  GO,  THESE ARE ##$^......
..=^§$§### =VERY  BIG=. INSTEAD, NOT  AS  MANY  ARE ###§$§^=..
..=^§$§###     NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT      ###§$§^=..
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..=^§$§§##                RARER KIND.               ##§§$§^=..
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..=^§$$$## THE   RAILPEOPLE  ARE  IN  GENERAL  VERY ##$$$§^=..
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..=^§$§### MACHINES,   SO   ALSO  WITH   THE   THIS ###§$§^=..
..=^§$§### TRANSFORMER.  WHAT WE KNOW  IS  WHAT  WE ###§$§^=..
....=^$$##               CAN OBSERVE.               ##$$^=....
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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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..=^§$§### THEIR FUNCTION FOR  THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ###§$§^=..
....==§$§§ IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD.  THEY SEEM TO PULL §§$§==....
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..=^§$§###    SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO     ###§$§^=..
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..=^§$§###        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        ###§$§^=..
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