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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 ,^~**¤§¶@#
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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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