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#@&%**-,¨¨ A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ¨¨,-**%&@#
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#@&%**-,¨¨ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ¨¨,-**%&@#
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#@&%**-,¨¨ 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 ¨,-**%&@##
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#@&%**-,¨¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨¨,-**%&@#
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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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#@&%**-,¨¨ 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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#@&%**-,¨¨ IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ¨¨,-**%&@#
##@&%**-,¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨,-**%&@##
#@&%**-,¨¨ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ¨¨,-**%&@#
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