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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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¤\«~,,,,,, «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 ,,,,,,~«\¤
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##¤¤\«~,,, A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY ,,,~«\¤¤##
###¤¤\«~,, TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ,,~«\¤¤###
####¤¤\«~, METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ,~«\¤¤####
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#¤¤\«~,,,, BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ,,,,~«\¤¤#
¤¤\«~,,,,, ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ,,,,,~«\¤¤
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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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#¤¤\«~,,,, IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ,,,,~«\¤¤#
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####¤¤\«~, AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ,~«\¤¤####
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