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..,==%£@@@  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 =,........
.........,      NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT     ,.........
..........   ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE  ..........
.........,                RARER KIND.               ,.........
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.......,==    =@£=@£=@£=@£=@£=@£=@£=@£=@£=@£=@£     ==,.......
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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 ==,.......
........,=        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        =,........
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