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%==~.,,,,, A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ,,,,,.~==%
§%==~.,,,, COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY ,,,,.~==%§
#§%==~.,,, LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ,,,.~==%§#
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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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%==~.,,,,, THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY ,,,,,.~==%
§%==~.,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,.~
=~.,,,,,,, IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ,,,,,,,.~=
==~.,,,,,, SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ,,,,,,.~==
%==~.,,,,, AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ,,,,,.~==%
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