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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 ##@£§§^-~.
.~-^%§£@##      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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.~-^%§§£@# 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 ##£§§%^-~.
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.~-^%§§£@# ANOTHER TRAIN JUST  OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER #@£§§%^-~.
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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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.~-^%§§£## 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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