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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. ¨~~\†$#@##
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##†\~~¨¨¨¨ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ¨¨¨¨~~\†##
##@#$†\~~¨ 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 ¨¨¨~~~†###
##@#$†\~~¨ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ¨~~\†$#@##
##@#$†\~~¨ STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ¨~~\†$#@##
##$†\~¨¨¨¨ GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ¨¨¨¨~\†$##
###†\\~~¨¨ PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ¨¨~~\\†###
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##@#$†\~~¨ THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ¨~~\†$#@##
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###@#$†\~~ IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ~~\†$#@###
###††~~¨¨¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨¨¨~~††###
###†\~¨¨¨¨ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ¨¨¨¨~\†###
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