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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 ##¶@@%†«,.
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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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....,††@@¶ 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 ##¶@@%†«,.
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.,«†%@¶### NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS  DURING ANY ###¶@%†«,.
.,«†%@¶### CIRCUMSTANCES  -   IF   THE  CHOICE   IS ###¶@%†«,.
.,«†%@@¶## BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR  RUNNING INTO ##¶@@%†«,.
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..,«««%@@¶ WATER  AVOIDS THEM. IN  LIGHT RAIN,  THE ¶@@%«««,..
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.,«†%@@¶## 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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