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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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,,,,,^:%&# 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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,^-:%%&£## 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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