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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. @@#£%^:-^,
,^-:^%£#@@ @@#£%^:-^,
,,,,,^:^%£ AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE £%^:^,,,,,
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,,,^-^%%££ NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ££%%^-^,,,
,^-:^%£#@# ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE #@#£%^:-^,
,^-:^%£#@# RARER KIND. #@#£%^:-^,
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,,,^^-^££# SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND #££^-^^,,,
,,,,,,^:%# MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS #%:^,,,,,,
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,,,,^:%£££ 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 £^-^^,,,,,
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