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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 ......:~;*
**;~:..... 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. ......:~;*
;~:....... .......:~;
~:........ 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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