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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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##@&$*=«-,     «#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$    ,-«=*$&@##
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##@&$*=«-, 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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@&$=«,,,,, IS POORLY  UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ,,,,,«=$&@
##@&$*=«-,    IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES.    ,-«=*$&@##
##@&$*=«-,    SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO     ,-«=*$&@##
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###&$*=«-,        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        ,-«=*$&###
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