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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 ##..####..
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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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.###....## 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 ..####..##
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.......... SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ##....####
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