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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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##@&$†;~.¨ A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY ¨.~;†$&@##
##@&$†;~.¨ TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ¨.~;†$&@##
##@&$†;~.¨ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ¨.~;†$&@##
##@&$†;~.¨ NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ¨.~;†$&@##
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##@&$†;~.¨ BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ¨.~;†$&@##
&&$$††;~.¨ ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ¨.~;††$$&&
&&&&$†;~.¨ COLLIDING. ¨.~;†$&&&&
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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 ¨¨.~~~†††&
&&†~.¨¨¨¨¨ SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ¨¨¨¨¨.~†&&
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