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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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,^~^§&¤£## 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. ##£¤&§^~^,
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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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