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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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