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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 #£¤$†\-...
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.....-\†$¤ TWO  SIGNS,  BOTH  AROUND   TWENTY  FOUR ¤$†\-.....
......-\†$ METERS  TO EACH  SIDE OF IT.  TRANINS DO $†\-......
.......-\† NOT  STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY †\-.......
........-\ CIRCUMSTANCES   -  IF   THE  CHOICE   IS \-........
.........- BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR  RUNNING INTO -.........
.......... ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY  PREFER ..........
..........                COLLIDING.                ..........
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.......... WATER  AVOIDS  THEM. IN  LIGHT RAIN, THE ..........
.......... GROUND  CLOSEST TO  A TRANSFORMER  STAYS ..........
.......... DRY.  A  COMMON  SIGHT  IS  A  CREEK  OR ..........
..........    STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR.   ..........
.........- GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT  -.........
........-\ PLACED NEAR  TO LARGER BODIES  OF WATER. \-........
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..-\†$¤£##    IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES.    ##£¤$†\-..
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....-\†$¤£ AFFECT SPIRITS,  GIJINKAS, AND EVEN  THE £¤$†\-....
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