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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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#$%†,,,¨¨¨ AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ¨¨¨,,,†%$#
@@@@$%†~,¨ ~VERY BIG~. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ¨,~†%$@@@@
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#@%%%~¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨~†%@#
###@$%†~,¨ IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ¨,~†%$@###
####$%†~,¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨,~†%$####
##$%%%†~,¨ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ¨,~†%%%$##
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