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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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##@§$†==~, AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ,~==†$§@##
@@@§$†==~, =VERY BIG=. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ,~==†$§@@@
#@$===~,,, NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ,,,~===$@#
##@§$†==~, ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ,~==†$§@##
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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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###@$†==~, A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY ,~==†$@###
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§§§§$†==~, METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ,~==†$§§§§
#@§$††==~, NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ,~==††$§@#
§$=~,,,,,, CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ,,,,,,~=$§
@§§$††==~, BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ,~==††$§§@
##@§$†==~, ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ,~==†$§@##
#§§†=,,,,, COLLIDING. ,,,,,=†§§#
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##@§$†==~, WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ,~==†$§@##
##@§$†==~, GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ,~==†$§@##
##@§$†==~, DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ,~==†$§@##
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##@§$†==~, IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ,~==†$§@##
##@§$†==~, IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ,~==†$§@##
§†==~,,,,, SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ,,,,,~==†§
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