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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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