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##@#**=~.. 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 .....~=**#
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#**=~..... 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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###@#**=~. 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. .~=**#@###
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#@#**=~... 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 .~=**#@###
##@#**=~.. SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ..~=**#@##
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