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#£&*%^~,.. A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ..,~^%*&£#
##£&*%^~,. COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY .,~^%*&£##
#£&*%^~,.. LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ..,~^%*&£#
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&*%^~,.... POWERLINES. ....,~^%*&
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*%^~,..... 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. ...,~^%*&£
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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 ..,~^%*&£#
£&*%^~,... 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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