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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   ¨-=^†%£@##
££%††^^=-¨               rarer kind.                ¨-=^^††%££
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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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#@@£%†^=-¨ 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.   ¨-=^†%£@@@
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#@£††^-¨¨¨ 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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