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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 ###¤&==-~¨
¨~-==&&&¤¤ SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ¤¤&&&==-~¨
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