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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. ,,,^=*^%@#
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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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