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¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨ A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
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§§¨¨§§¨¨§§ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨ RARER KIND. §§§§§§§§¨¨
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§§¨¨§§§§§§ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS §§§§§§§§§§
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¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨ CAN OBSERVE. §§§§§§§§§§
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§§§§§§§§§§ A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY ¨¨§§§§§§¨¨
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¨¨§§§§§§§§ 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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¨§§§§¨¨¨¨§ 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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