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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      ,#,#,,##,#
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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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#,,,##,### 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 ##,,,,##,,
,####,,,,#                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 #,,##,#,,,
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