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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   ##¶@&%†=,.
.,=†%&@¶##               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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.,=††††&¶# 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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