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¨,-\=$§### A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ###§$=\-,¨
¨,-\=$§### COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY ###§$=\-,¨
¨¨,---\$$§ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY §$$\---,¨¨
¨,---====§ BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD §====---,¨
¨,-\=$§§§# POWERLINES. #§§§$=\-,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨-=§§# AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE #§§=-¨¨¨¨¨
¨,-\=$§### -VERY BIG-. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ###§$=\-,¨
¨,-\=$§### NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ###§$=\-,¨
¨,-\=$§### ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ###§$=\-,¨
¨¨¨¨,\=$## RARER KIND. ##$=\,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,-=$§§ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS §§$=-,¨¨¨¨
¨,-\=$§### TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ###§$=\-,¨
¨,-\=$$$$# CAN OBSERVE. #$$$$=\-,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨-\$$§ A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY §$$\-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,\=$$§ TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR §$$=\,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-\=$§§ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO §§$=\-,¨¨¨
¨,-\=$§### NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ###§$=\-,¨
¨¨¨,\\\=$# CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS #$=\\\,¨¨¨
¨,-\=$§### BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ###§$=\-,¨
¨,-\=$§### ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ###§$=\-,¨
¨,-\=$§### COLLIDING. ###§$=\-,¨
¨,-\=$§### ###§$=\-,¨
¨,-\=$§### WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ###§$=\-,¨
¨,-\=$§### GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ###§$=\-,¨
¨,-\=$§### DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ###§$=\-,¨
¨,-\=$§§§§ STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. §§§§$=\-,¨
¨,-\=$§### GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ###§$=\-,¨
¨,-\=$§### PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ###§$=\-,¨
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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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