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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    ¤¤¤***=«,.
..,,=*$$$@ MACHINES,   SO  ALSO   WITH   THE   THIS @$$$*=,,..
.,«*$¤@### TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE  KNOW  IS  WHAT  WE ###@¤$*«,.
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.,«=*$¤¤¤# TWO  SIGNS,  BOTH   AROUND  TWENTY  FOUR #¤¤¤$*=«,.
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.,«=*$¤@@# NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS  DURING ANY #@@¤$*=«,.
.,«=*$¤@## CIRCUMSTANCES   -   IF  THE  CHOICE   IS ##@¤$*=«,.
...««==*$¤ BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING  INTO ¤$*==««...
.,«=*$¤@## ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY  PREFER ##@¤$*=«,.
.,«=*$¤@##                COLLIDING.                ##@¤$*=«,.
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.,«=*$¤@## WATER AVOIDS THEM.  IN LIGHT  RAIN,  THE ##@¤$*=«,.
...,=**$¤# GROUND  CLOSEST TO A  TRANSFORMER  STAYS #¤$**=,...
.,«=*$$¤@@ DRY.  A  COMMON  SIGHT  IS  A  CREEK  OR @@¤$$*=«,.
.,«=*$@###   STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR.    ###@$*=«,.
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....«*$$$¤ PLACED NEAR TO  LARGER BODIES  OF WATER. ¤$$$*«....
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.,«=*$$¤¤# THEIR FUNCTION FOR  THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT #¤¤$$*=«,.
.,«=*$¤@## IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD.  THEY SEEM TO PULL ##@¤$*=«,.
.....«=*$¤    IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES.    ¤$*=«.....
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.,«=*$¤@##        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        ##@¤$*=«,.
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