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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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,,~«†%$£## AS  FAR  AS TRANSFORMERS  GO, THESE  ARE ##£$%†«~,,
,~«†%$£### «VERY  BIG«. INSTEAD, NOT  AS  MANY  ARE ###£$%†«~,
,,~«†%$£##     NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT      ##£$%†«~,,
,~«†%$£###   ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE  ###£$%†«~,
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,,~«†%$£## THE   RAILPEOPLE  ARE  IN  GENERAL  VERY ##£$%†«~,,
,~«†%$£###    SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND     ###£$%†«~,
,,~«†%$£## MACHINES,  SO   ALSO   WITH   THE   THIS ##£$%†«~,,
,~«†%$£### TRANSFORMER.  WHAT WE  KNOW  IS  WHAT WE ###£$%†«~,
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,~«†%$£### TWO  SIGNS,  BOTH  AROUND   TWENTY  FOUR ###£$%†«~,
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,~«†%$£### BETWEEN HALTING  WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ###£$%†«~,
,,~«†%$£## ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE,  THEY PREFER ##£$%†«~,,
,~«†%$£###                COLLIDING.                ###£$%†«~,
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,~«†%$£### WATER  AVOIDS  THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN,  THE ###£$%†«~,
,,~«†%$£## GROUND  CLOSEST TO  A TRANSFORMER  STAYS ##£$%†«~,,
,~«†%$£### DRY.  A  COMMON  SIGHT  IS  A  CREEK  OR ###£$%†«~,
,,~«†%$£##    STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR.   ##£$%†«~,,
,~«†%$£###  GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ###£$%†«~,
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,~«†%$£### IS  POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ###£$%†«~,
,,~«†%$£##    IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES.    ##£$%†«~,,
,~«†%$£###    SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO     ###£$%†«~,
,,~«†%$£## AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS,  AND  EVEN THE ##£$%†«~,,
,~«†%$£###        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        ###£$%†«~,
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