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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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#@§$§*«-¨¨ «VERY BIG«. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ¨¨-«*§$§@#
@§$§*«-¨¨¨ NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ¨¨¨-«*§$§@
§$§*«-¨¨¨¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ¨¨¨¨-«*§$§
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§$§*«-¨¨¨¨ SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND ¨¨¨¨-«*§$§
@§$§*«-¨¨¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨¨¨-«*§$§@
#@§$§*«-¨¨ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ¨¨-«*§$§@#
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§$§*«-¨¨¨¨ TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ¨¨¨¨-«*§$§
@§$§*«-¨¨¨ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ¨¨¨-«*§$§@
#@§$§*«-¨¨ NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ¨¨-«*§$§@#
##@§$§*«-¨ CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ¨-«*§$§@##
#@§$§*«-¨¨ BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ¨¨-«*§$§@#
@§$§*«-¨¨¨ ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ¨¨¨-«*§$§@
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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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