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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. $%*~^.....
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.^~*%$£¶## 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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