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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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..«*%$&¶## AS  FAR  AS  TRANSFORMERS  GO, THESE ARE ##¶&$%*«..
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..«*%$&¶##   ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE  ##¶&$%*«..
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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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..«*%$&¶## TWO  SIGNS,  BOTH   AROUND  TWENTY  FOUR ##¶&$%*«..
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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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..«*%$&¶## WATER  AVOIDS  THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN,  THE ##¶&$%*«..
..«*%$&¶## GROUND  CLOSEST TO  A TRANSFORMER  STAYS ##¶&$%*«..
..«*%$&¶## DRY.  A  COMMON  SIGHT  IS  A  CREEK  OR ##¶&$%*«..
..«*%$&¶¶¶   STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR.    ¶¶¶&$%*«..
..«*%$&¶## GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT  ##¶&$%*«..
..«*%$&¶## PLACED NEAR TO  LARGER BODIES  OF WATER. ##¶&$%*«..
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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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