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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.                §§.§.§....
§..§.§§§§.                                          .§§§§§...§
§.§§§...§§ 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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