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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 §¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
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¨¨§§§¨§¨¨§ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS §¨¨§¨¨§§¨§
¨§¨¨§§§¨§§ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE §¨§§¨§¨§§§
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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 §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
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¨¨§§§¨¨§§¨ GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ¨¨¨¨§§§§§§
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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 §§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
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