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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 ##@¤¤^†=^¨
¨¨¨==†^^¤# BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO #¤^^†==¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=†^^¤ ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ¤^^†=^¨¨¨¨
¨^=†^¤¤@@# COLLIDING. #@@¤¤^†=^¨
¨^=†^¤¤@## ##@¤¤^†=^¨
¨¨^===†^¤¤ 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. ##@¤¤^†=^¨
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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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