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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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#¨¨¨¨#¨¨¨¨ «VERY BIG«. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE #¨##¨¨¨#¨¨
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#¨#¨¨#¨#¨¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ##¨###¨#¨#
¨###¨####¨ RARER KIND. ¨¨##¨¨####
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#¨¨¨¨¨¨¨## THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY ####¨¨¨¨##
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¨##¨¨¨¨¨## 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 ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨
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¨####¨#¨¨# BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
##¨¨¨###¨# ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER #¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
¨¨#¨¨#¨¨## COLLIDING. ¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
#¨##¨##¨#¨ ###¨¨¨¨¨¨#
¨##¨##¨### 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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