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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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