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###..##..# 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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#######... 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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