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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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##¤*~~¨¨¨¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨¨¨¨~~*¤##
###&¤^*=~¨ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ¨~=*^¤&###
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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. ¨~=*^¤&###
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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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#¤***~~¨¨¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨¨¨~~***¤#
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