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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 ,,&,&&&&,,
,,&&&,&&&& 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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,&,&,&,,,& *-@*-@*-@*-@*-@*-@*-@*-@*-@*-@*-@ &,,,,&,,,&
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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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