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¨¨^«††£&@#  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 ##@&£%†«^¨
¨^«†%£&&&# «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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¨¨¨¨^^†£&@ 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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¨^«†%£&@@# 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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