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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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