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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 ,,«:%§§£##
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:«,,,,,,,, SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND ,,,,,,,,«:
%:«,,,,,,, MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ,,,,,,,«:%
§%:«,,,,,, 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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#£§§%:«,,, STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ,,,«:%§§£#
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#£§§%:«,,, 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 ,,,,,«:%§§
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