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###§$^:~., A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ,.~:^$§###
§$^::.,,,, COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY ,,,,.::^$§
###§$^:~., LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ,.~:^$§###
###§$^:~., BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD ,.~:^$§###
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§^:.,,,,,, AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ,,,,,,.:^§
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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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§$:~,,,,,, TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ,,,,,,~:$§
§§$$^^:~., METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ,.~:^^$$§§
###§$^:~., NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ,.~:^$§###
###§$^:~., CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ,.~:^$§###
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§§^~..,,,, ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ,,,,..~^§§
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###§$^:~., GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ,.~:^$§###
§$:...,,,, DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ,,,,...:$§
#§^^^^:~., 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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