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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 ,,~:%%####
####%%:~,, 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 ,,~:%%####
####%%:~,, SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ,,~:%%####
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