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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 #######,,#
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##,,######  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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