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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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