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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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¤*==«~¨¨¨¨ 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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@@¤*==«~¨¨ WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ¨¨~«==*¤@@
@¤*==«~¨¨¨ GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ¨¨¨~«==*¤@
¤*==«~¨¨¨¨ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ¨¨¨¨~«==*¤
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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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